Abhishek Sharma bats at nets; readies for Colombo blockbuster

A few wrinkles might have vanished from the foreheads of the Indian think tank watching Abhishek Sharma blazing through his big shots at nets here on Saturday.

- Agencies

The big-hitting opener had to skip the match against Namibia and spend a day ata private hospital in New Delhi because of a stomach bug, casting a shadow on his availability for the match against Pakistan. But the lefthander showed no signs of weariness while batting at the RPICS nets for close to 30 minutes.

India’s training session was, however, hampered by light but persistent rain, driving the team members to the indoor nets.

Abhishek batted against spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy first up, smashing both to the far corners of Premadasa Stadium in a symbolic warning to the array of Pakistan spinners led by unorthodox Usman Tariq.

Once he finished batting against spin, the 25-year-old shifted to the left-side nets to tackle pacers and did an equally fluent job, carting his teammates and local bowlers with sheer abandon. There was not much foot movement apart from while trying to give the charge against bowlers, but his fast hands and length judging ability covered for it.