Team India’s batsmen disappointed in the second T20 between India vs Australia played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Except Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana, no other batsman could touch double figures. Abhishek played an innings of 68 runs, in which he broke a T20 record of Virat Kohli.
Talking about the match, Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl first. India had lost 4 wickets in the powerplay itself, Suryakumar Yadav (1), Shubhman Gill (5), Tilak Verma (0) and Sanju Samson (2) flopped. The fifth wicket fell at the score of 49, after which there was a partnership of 56 runs between Harshit and Abhishek Sharma. After the break of this pair, India’s innings fell apart and the entire team was reduced to 125 runs.
Abhishek Sharma broke Virat Kohli’s record
Till now, the highest run scorer in the first 25 innings of T20 International was Indian batsman Virat Kohli, who scored 906 runs. Now this record has been broken by Abhishek, he has scored 936 runs in 25 innings.
Abhishek Sharma is fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in 25 T20 International innings. The first number in this list is England’s David Malan, who scored 1010 runs in 25 innings. Babar Azam, who was at second position, had scored 952 runs and David Conway, who was at third position, had scored 941 runs.
In the second match against Australia, Abhishek Sharma scored his sixth T20 International half-century. Abhishek is currently the world number-1 batsman in T20. This innings will further strengthen his position.
Third T20 will be important
It will be important for India to win the third T20, because if Australia wins that match, India will be able to level the series only by winning the next two matches. Let us tell you that India has won all the 5 T20 series played after the 2024 T20 World Cup. The third T20 will be played on Sunday, November 2 at Ballerive Oval.
