Abhishek's attack mode sets him apart

At a time when six-hitting has ceased to evoke the spectacular anymore, Abhishek Sharma's bellicose innings at Eden Gardens on Wednesday offers a fresh perspective to the nouveau concept of batters 'expressing' themselves.

- Somshuvra Laha

KOLKATA: At a time when six-hitting has ceased to evoke the spectacular anymore, Abhishek Sharma's bellicose innings at Eden Gardens on Wednesday offers a fresh perspective to the nouveau concept of batters 'expressing' themselves.

Very few actually walk the talk but with Sharma it seems to have assumed the status of the first and the last resort, a scoring shot he would seek both in desperation as well as ease.

Get this: 48 of his 34-ball 79 runs on Wednesday came in sixes. Of the 335 runs he has scored in T20Is so far, 270 have come in 54 boundary hits, 27 of them sixes. Every time he scores above 20 in T20Is, Sharma strikes comfortably over 200 and India win.