The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of New Zealand where both teams are playing a five-match T20 series. Showing exceptional performance in the opening three encounters, Team India has successfully gained an unassailable lead in the series. During the third T20 match of the series played at the stadium in Wellington, the Indian team was given a target of 199 runs to chase. 4 overs.
Young opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi also showcased his brilliant batting skills in this match by playing a fine knock of 45 runs. On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma batted with tremendous firepower and scored an unbeaten century comprising 113 runs. For his historic and match-winning century knock, Abhishek Sharma was rightfully awarded the Player of the Match award. To highlight this magnificent victory and the great camaraderie between the two young openers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, commonly known as BCCI, has now released a special video.
In this video released by the BCCI, a very entertaining and fun conversation can be seen taking place between the two star opening batsmen. During this chat in the video released along with Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a humorous remark saying that if the live telecast of the match wasn't happening, people back in their village would have looked at the scorecard and simply said that the match must have been played on some rooftop. This funny comment by Vaibhav highlights the sheer dominance and heavy scoring rate they maintained against the New Zealand bowling attack.
On top of that, Vaibhav also spoke about getting out early in the second T20 match during this conversation. He explained that in the previous match, he played in a manner completely opposite to his natural temperament, but in this specific match, his clear intention was to give the team a very fast start so that the subsequent workload for the rest of the team becomes much easier. During the discussion, Abhishek Sharma also made a big and interesting revelation regarding Vaibhav, stating that Vaibhav is so passionate about batting that getting him out of the practice nets becomes almost impossible.
Abhishek laughed and mentioned that if they've two practice nets available, they simply hand over one net completely to Vaibhav and tell him to just keep playing. Abhishek Sharma also discussed Vaibhav Suryavanshi's aggressive batting during the third T20 match against New Zealand, noting that when Vaibhav played a stroke on the very first ball of the innings, he displayed immense aggression right away.
Abhishek added that he witnessed this closely from the other end, and when a batsman plays such a shot immediately, it clearly reflects high levels of confidence. Abhishek praised Vaibhav, stating that the fearless manner in which he batted was truly admirable and immensely helpful for the team's momentum. Cricket fans have heavily appreciated this light-hearted video and the incredible performance delivered by both young players on foreign soil during the ongoing series.
