[Watch] Abhishek Sharma smashes huge six off Keshav Maharaj enroute 50 in IND vs SA 2024 3rd T20I

Team India opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a massive six off Keshav Maharaj in the third T20I against South Africa in Centurion on Wednesday, November 13. The left-hander also returned to form with a 24-ball half-century.

The gigantic six came in the ninth over of India’s innings. Maharaj bowled a floater delivery outside off and Abhishek charged down the track before launching it a miles away over long-on. He immediately took a single off the next ball to register his fifty in T20Is.

Sharing the video on X, Jio Cinema wrote:

“Rising from the ashes with a superb 50! Abhishek Sharma shows that form is temporary but class is permanent.”

Watch the video below:

Unfortunately, Abhishek Sharma was stumped by Heinrich Klassen in the same over off Maharaj.

With the knock, Abhishek also returned to form after managing a string of low scores of seven and four in the last two games. This was his first fifty in the shortest format after a seven-inning gap following his maiden ton in Zimbabwe earlier this year.

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“Do or die, now or never” – Abhishek Sharma delivers soon after Aakash Chopra’s comments regarding four-horse race for the opening spot in T20Is

Abhishek Sharma delivered with the bat soon after former India batter Aakash Chopra stressed the importance of his form amid a four-horse race for the opening spot in the Men in Blue's T20I side.

Chopra said on his YouTube Channel (via NDTV):

“Shubman (Gill) and Yashasvi (Jaiswal) would become available then (T20I series vs England in January 2025), so how you will get a place to open? Sanju (Samson) has already taken one place. So, I am saying that it is now do or die, now or never.”

“We need to talk about Abhishek Sharma once again because only two matches are left now. It's almost confirmed that Sanju Samson has taken one spot. Although he got out in the last match, he has scored two back-to-back centuries. The short ball problem Abhishek Sharma has, I feel he should leave that shot. You get out while trying to pull,” he added.

As far as the match is concerned, the Men in Blue are 169/4 at the time of writing.

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