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Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the Indian T20 team after the T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from this, Virat Kohli also said goodbye to this format. After the retirement of Rohit and Virat, many young players are being tried in T20 format. In the year 2024, Abhishek Sharma got a chance to play for the Indian team for the first time on the Zimbabwe tour. However, he has left Rohit Sharma behind in terms of hitting more sixes in a short period of time. He is now the number 1 Indian batsman in terms of hitting sixes.
Rohit Sharma left behind
Abhishek has become the Indian player to hit the most sixes in the year 2024. Abhishek has hit 51 sixes so far in India and IPL combined, while Rohit Sharma has hit 46 sixes this year. At third place is Virat Kohli who has hit 45 sixes this year. Shivam Dubey is in fourth place, who has hit 43 sixes. While playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024, Abhishek hit sixes in the entire season as an opening batsman. Due to his aggressive batting, he was selected for the 5-match T20 series against Zimbabwe this year. He also scored a century in this series.
Couldn't do it against Bangladesh
Abhishek has been given a chance in the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh after the Zimbabwe tour. But he could not do anything special in the first match. He was run out after scoring 16 runs in 7 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. India will expect a big innings from Abhishek in the second match. The left-handed opening batsman has scored 140 runs at an average of 28 in the 6 T20 matches played so far for India, during which he has batted at a strike rate of 179.49.