RCB vs SRH: Abhishek Sharma on batting with Kane Williamson – We’ve been speaking virtually on each ball

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Abhishek Sharma stated that he’s having fun with opening the batting with skipper Kane Williamson. The left-handed batter is presently the main run-scorer for SRH, having notched 220 runs from seven matches at a mean of 31.42 and a strike charge of 125.71.

On April 23, he scored a 28-ball 47, adorned with eight fours and one six, in opposition to Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Sharma stated that fixed communication with Williamson has made life simpler for him within the center.

“I’m feeling actually good for contributing for my crew and I used to be having fun with my pictures. I feel I at all times needed to play on this place for any of my groups and I used to be simply ready for my alternative. When they determined to provide me opening for SRH, I used to be actually excited. Obviously, we’ve got an incredible assist employees with us, so I simply hold heeding their assist on a regular basis and that is what’s serving to me,” Sharma stated.

“It’s working really well for us because we’ve been talking almost on every ball in between the wickets, talking about the game, how it’s coming, how the next ball we might play. So that’s helping.

‘I’ve been trying my best’

Sharma, who was a member of the 2018 U19 World Cup Indian team, also credited SRH batting coach Brian Lara for his improvement.

“100%, I’ve been learning my best from him because we all know what he did for the country and for cricket. So I’ve been trying my best for him,” he added.

On Saturday, the Sunrisers defeated RCB by nine wickets and moved to second in the points table. Marco Jansen won the Player of the Match award after he got rid of Virat Kohli, Du Plessis and Anuj Rawat in the second over after SRH opted to field first.

Williamson lauded the South Africa paceman for stepping up in the hour of need and bowling the match-winning spell.

“Off the field, he’s always up for a laugh. He’s always very focused and very clear on what he wants to do. He clearly had an outstanding match today and he’s got the skills to do that. When the ball is swinging a little bit, and a little bit of grass on the surface, he’s a real threat for us. So it was great that he was able to get the rewards today,” Williamson stated.

The Sunrisers started their IPL 2022 sojourn with losses to Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). But they’ve come again to win 5 matches on the trot. The Sunrisers will subsequent face table-toppers Gujarat Giants (GT) on Wednesday, April 27 on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.