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Australia vs India, 2nd T20I

Abhishek Sharma 68(37)
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18.3
W
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, out Lbw!! That is the end of the fun for Abhishek Sharma and India. Gets a great ovation as he walks back and the incoming Bumrah gives him a pat on the back. After two wide yorkers, Nathan Ellis knew Abhishek would walk across to get closer to the ball expecting a wide yorker again so he cleverly bowled a yorker straight at the stumps and Abhishek couldn't get bat on ball. Ball pitched in line with leg stump, struck the boot and would have smashed leg stump, confirmed by ball-tracker. Abhishek Sharma lbw b Nathan Ellis 68(37) [4s-8 6s-2]
18.2
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, another very good wide yorker, Abhishek reaches out and drives to cover. Another dot
18.1
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, low full toss wide of off stump, Abhishek slices it all the way to deep point and denies the single
18
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, just squeezes this low full toss out to deep cover and keeps strike
17.5
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, short delivery, Abhishek pulls well through square leg but it slows down, two more
17.4
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, slower delivery, Abhishek knocks it to mid-wicket, big boundary and Varun Chakaravarthy manages to get back for two
17.3
6
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, this is brilliant from Abhishek Sharma. Moved across the stumps. Bartlett bowls slow and into the wicket, gets inside the line and picks it up over long leg for six
17.2
4
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, full toss and Abhishek manages to smash it to deep cover. Shuffles in the crease, puts the bowler off his lengths and gets the much needed boundary
17.1
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, no run, slower delivery moving across the stumps, Abhishek looks to hit it over short fine leg but makes no contact
16.1
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Abhishek cuts to deep cover and he gets off strike the very first ball of the over
14
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, shortish slower delivery, Abhishek had to check his shot and fend uppishly towards short cover. Wanted a run but Harshit wasn't alert and slams his bat on the pad in disappointment
13.2
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, now gets across to this short delivery and pulls behind square
13.1
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, no run, back of the hand slower ball jumps on Abhishek and thuds the glove as he fends awkwardly due to the steep bounce
13
Kuhnemann to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, slowish and on the stumps, Abhishek knocks it through backward square leg
12.3
M
Kuhnemann to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, short and wide to take it out of his arc, cut to deep point and the MCG applauds the 6th T20I fifty - one of his fine T20 innings. Cannot be easy to bat at this tempo when he's losing partners. Raises the bat to acknowledge all the applause
12.1
Kuhnemann to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, fires a full delivery, Abhishek drives to long-off
11.4
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, full and down leg, Abhishek looks to flick when it would have been a wide had he left it. Could only pick out Ellis at long leg
11.2
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, shortish slower delivery, Abhishek slaps it to deep cover
10
4
Mitchell Owen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Abhishek Sharma is playing the field so well. Short delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek gets inside the line and pulls fine as they have fine leg up. Easily cleared the infield
9.2
Mitchell Owen to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, short of length delivery on the leg stump, clipped to square leg. He wants two again and this time Harshit Rana was right to say no because it was risky
9.1
4
Mitchell Owen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, short and wide, hit me ball and Abhishek rocks back and cut this handsomely over backward point. Third man was up so easy shot
9
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Abhishek tries to pull and mistimes to deep square leg
8.4
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, short of length delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek clips it to mid-wicket. He wanted two, but Harshit Rana wasn't ready
8.2
Stoinis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, really full delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek clips it wide of long-on
6.3
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, extra bounce on this short of length delivery, Abhishek fails to get proper bat on ball, hits the body and rolls to short third man
6.2
4
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, length delivery angling away, thick outside edge escapes past Inglis's dive to the left to give him four more. Hazlewood loaded as he if he's going to bowl a slower ball and then changed his grip last second to go seam up
6
4
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma continues the treat for us. Backs away, Nathan Ellis tries the yorker but Abhishek manages to get under it and squeeze it past point for four more
5.3
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Abhishek defends towards mid-off
4
4
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, now Abhishek gets a friendly full toss and it's lofted over cover for four more
3.5
4
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, excellent shot! Okay, back to the Abhishek Sharma story after those two wickets. This guy has a great range of shots. He advanced again, but he still has enough shots to react to what is coming and also manages to keep his eyes on the ball all the time. Here Nathan Ellis tried to bowl a short slower delivery into the body, Abhishek ensured he stepped out but also gave some room to slice it over short third man for four
3.1
Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, Ellis falls on the ground after delivering this short of length delivery, Abhishek Sharma gets an inside edge that rolls to short fine leg. Ellis limps his way back to the bowling mark
2.3
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, Hazlewood follows up with a full delivery, Abhishek swings to the leg-side, bat turns in his hands and the ball rolls along the ground to square leg
2.2
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, no run, gives the charge again to Hazlewood and Hazlewood bowls into the wicket unlike his bowling partner and gets it to bounce past Abhishek's attempted lofted drive. He followed him to leave no room as well
2
6
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, this is why this guy is dangerous. He faced 4 balls and rocketed to 14 already. It is swinging so Bartlett goes full, Abhishek danced down the pitch, spotted the inswing and made room accordingly for a clean lofted drive over extra-cover. First maximum of the day
1.5
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, now he goes down the ground, clears mid-on to the right but it slows down and they cut it back to two. Length delivery swinging back in, Abhishek had a good downswing of the bat, had to adjust to the swing cramping him for room but he reacted so well
1.4
4
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, and he runs down the pitch second ball. Puts the bowler off and Bartlett bowls a low full toss, Abhishek gets leg-side to free his arms and belts the drive over cover!
1.3
Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, full and swinging back in on the leg stump, Abhishek flicks and sends it aerial through the vacant square leg fence