Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma is praised for his maturity and recent performance, helping the team secure three consecutive wins. After a rocky start in the IPL, he adapted his batting approach, leading to impressive scores.
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HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyderabad are on a roll, winning three matches on the bounce to surge to No.3 in the table. Abhishek Sharmaâs calculated attack at the top has come in handy. The southpaw, who struggled during the T20 World Cup, scoring 141 runs with two fifties, had a tough start in this edition of IPL too, with scores of 7, 48, 0, 74 and 0 in the first five matches.
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He also failed to trouble the scorers in the first two home matches, going hard at the bowlers. Attacking from the get-go has produced mixed results. However, in the last two innings, Abhishek showed a different aspect of his batting. He first chose to assess the conditions before going berserk. He scored one run off the first three balls against Matthew Short of CSK and raced to his fastest half-century (15b) in the previous match. And on Tuesday, he played out Mukesh Kumar and Nitish Rana in the first two overs. His first boundary came off the fifth ball.
SRH pace bowling coach Varun Aaron attributed it to the growing maturity of the 25-year-old.
âHeâs always had that maturity and thatâs been there over the last couple of years. You canât be the No. 1 T20 batsman in the world without being mature. Obviously, heâs somebody who sees the opposition, sees the surface and decides to play a certain way. Today, it wasnât the surface where you could just go hell for leather every single ball. So, you have to respect the opponent, respect the surface and he did exactly that. Heâs shown glimpses of this in the past,â Aaron said, adding, âWhen you play a high risk, high reward kind of a game, sometimes it doesnât work out. And you have to give a player like Abhishek that leeway.â
Varun Aaron lauded Abhishek Sharma for demonstrating maturity in his batting, which has contributed to his recent success.
Abhishek Sharma struggled initially, scoring 7, 48, 0, 74, and 0 in his first five matches before improving in his last two innings.
Abhishek Sharma's improved performance has helped Sunrisers Hyderabad win three matches in a row, elevating them to No. 3 in the table.
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