Yuvraj Singh admired the excellent batting of Abhishek Sharma, praised in a special way

Agency:News18India

Last Updated:January 23, 2025, 11:06 IST

Team India won by 7 wickets in the first T20 played at Eden Garden, Kolkata. Abhishek Sharma made an important contribution in helping the team win. Former Indian player Yuvraj Singh praised Abhishek Sharma.

New Delhi. Indian opener Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly in the first match of the 5-match T20 series against England and played an important role in giving India a one-sided victory. Former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh looked happy on the brilliant batting of Abhishek Sharma. He praised Abhishek Sharma in a different way.

In the first T20 match played in Kolkata, openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson gave a fast start to India. Left-handed Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly and scored 79 runs in 34 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. The English bowlers looked helpless in front of Abhishek’s batting.

Yuvraj Singh wrote on social media platform X, “Good start to the series boys! A good tone was set by the bowlers and Sir Abhishek Sharma played an excellent innings. I am impressed that you also hit two boundaries down the ground.”

India won the toss and decided to bowl first. The England team, who came to bat first, was all out for 132 runs in 20 overs. England captain Jos Buttler played a brilliant inning and scored 68 runs in 44 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, no batsman could even cross the 20-run mark. Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3 wickets from India’s side.

Team India, chasing the target, won by scoring 133 runs at the loss of three wickets in just 12.5 overs. Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly for the team and played a brilliant inning of 79 runs. Apart from this, Sanju Samson scored 26 runs in 20 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. For England, fast bowler Joffra Archer took maximum 2 wickets.