Abhishek Sharma credits a text or advice from former India captain Yuvraj Singh for helping him play a record-breaking innings in the third T20I against Afghanistan. Sharma scores a century off 30 balls, making 102, as India posts 221/7. India then wins the match by 127 runs.
The reports describe the guidance as encouraging Sharma to avoid forcing shots and to rotate the strike. Abhishek also responds to prior pressure in the same period, including a difficult run during India’s Zimbabwe series, and ends the three-match T20I series with 229 runs, including two centuries. NDTV focuses on the disclosure of the message itself after the milestone innings, while Times of India ties the message to Sharma’s change in approach and the match result.
