'Many more to come': Yuvraj Singh to Abhishek Sharma after his maiden T20I ton

India opener Abhishek Sharmas second T20I against Zimbabwe became more special after former allrounder Yuvraj Singh congratulated him for his maiden ton for the country in the shortest format of cricketFrom scoring a fourball duck in his debut game the 23yearold youngster bounced back and scored a quickfire hundred in the second T20I He went berserk right from the getgo and opened his account with a towering maximum over deep backward square leg His 47ball century was laced with seven fours and a whopping eight maximumsTwo extremely special phone calls one memorable batstory amp a first in international cricket A Hundred Special ft Abhishek Sharma By ameyatilak WATCH TeamIndia ZIMvIND IamAbhiSharma4 pictwittercom0tfBXgfru9mdash BCCI BCCI July 8 2024After the game BCCI shared a video of Abhishek conversing with Yuvraj on a video call The former allrounder who has worked with Abhishek is proud of the youngster and believes many more hundreds will come from the southpaws batIm very proud Well done You deserve it Many more to come This is just the start Yuvraj told Abhishek on a video callWhile talking about the special moment Abhishek thanked Yuvraj for the efforts that he put in on and off the field to help him develop as a playerThat was again a very special moment I talked to him yesterday I dont know why but he was very happy when I got out on zero He was like thats a good start But I think he must be very proud today as well Just like my family So Im really happy Abhishek saidIt is all because of him as well The hard work he has put on me Two three years hes been working really hard on me and everything I wouldnt say just on my cricket even off the field as well So its a big moment he addedAlso ReadZIM vs IND T20I series Abhishek keeps India aliveAbhishek also revealed that the carnage he caused in Harare was from skipper Shubman Gills bat The young opener acknowledged the fact that he uses Gills bat whenever he wants to make a comeback after going through a lean patchI played with his bat only which I found very difficult He didnt even give it to me easily This has been going on since I was under 14 Whenever I have played from his bat its good Even today I want to tell everyone that I played with his bat only which I found very difficult He doesnt even give it easily That is like my last option when I feel that I have to play with his bat for the comeback Abhishek saidSo special thanks to Shubman who gave me his bat and gave it on time I think this was a muchneeded inning for me and the team as well That is like my last option when I feel that I have to play with his bat for the comeback When we lost the match yesterday I thought that today is my day so Ill take it till the end he addedWhile talking about the approach that he adopted for the game Abhishek stated that he tried to score runs in an over that he was confident aboutThe positive was that we didnt have much time to think about the next game because it was like on the next day I felt that as soon as I thought that I could go for this bowler I tried my best in that over I was in a flow so I just wanted to go there and express myself after I spoke to Rutu Gaikwad as well He was also saying that whatever comes to your arc you have to hit it so dont think much about the balls Abhishek notedAfter levelling the ZIM vs IND T20I series 11 India will play the third T20I at Harare Sports Club on WednesdayWith agency inputs