Henry feels Abhishek's rise is par for course in today’s times

New Zealand pacer all excited for the T20 WC in India, SL next year

- Haridev Pushparaj

New Zealand pacer Matt Henry felt the rise of Abhishek Sharma augurs well for Indian cricket but stated this was the trend anyway batters went about in T20Is in today's world game.

The Kiwi pacer was also excited about New Zealand's white-ball tour of India next year prior to the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 as India are the world champions and the series would make for a titanic battle.

"Yeah, I think the timing of that series is really important as well. We've obviously got a World Cup coming up as well. So being able to, I suppose, and play in Indian conditions in the buildup makes sense. It's an important, I suppose, part of our World Cup journey as well before, obviously India, Sri Lanka host the World Cup,” Henry said on the sidelines of a roundtable media interaction for the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards.

"With regard to Abhishek Sharma, you, considering that way he goes after the ball from one and I've seen him batting. Yeah, it seemed to be a common trend with the batters, isn't it?”

Yeah, they are coming in really hard, which is, I suppose you've seen their IPL performances in the last few years, the scores and the way that batters are going about the game, that fearless approach," he added.

Henry felt the style of batting in T20 cricket globally has ensured that the bowlers are on their toes.