Ravi Shastri, former India all-rounder, has lavished praise on the dashing opener Abhishek Sharma. Terming the young batter a \u2018gun T20 player\u2019. Shastri told Fox Cricket that if the left-hander is on song, he can be the real game changer for India in the T20I series against Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a gun T20 player. If he\u2019s in for a while, there\u2019s guaranteed entertainment. Irrespective of whether you\u2019re Australian or Indian, you\u2019ll enjoy it. He has the ability to take the game away from you. You don\u2019t want him out there too long because he can create chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 25-year-old recently had a fantastic Asia Cup 2025, where he was the highest run-score, scoring 314 runs in seven matches at an average of 44.85, including three fifties. The opener batted with a strike rate of 200 in the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of Abhishek\u2019s biggest strengths is his ability to bat aggressively. His fearless approach often dismantles opposition\u2019s plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shastri also praised Abhishek\u2019s confidence and self-belief,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis preparation, his belief in his own ability, the range of shots that he has, and then the mindset to go out there and back himself from ball one.\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the get-go, he\u2019ll go after the bowling. That\u2019s where he can be extremely dangerous, very explosive, and quietly confident about his own ability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening T20I of the five-match series will be played in Canberra on Wednesday, October 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ravi Shastri, former India all-rounder, has lavished praise on the dashing opener Abhishek Sharma. Terming the young batter a \u2018gun T20 player\u2019. Shastri told Fox Cricket that if the left-hander is on song, he can be the real game changer for India in the T20I series against Australia. \u201cHe\u2019s a gun T20 player. If he\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3842,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions\/3842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}