Abhishek: Yuvraj's private project, Lara's hand

ON ABHISHEK SHARMA'S birthday on September 4, Yuvraj Singh posted a video on Instagram with a caption: "Hope you take as many singles this year as many as you knock out of the park." In the video, Yuvraj can be seen getting irritated with Abhishek trying to hit every ball for a six and he said: "Single bhi le lo Maharaj (Take a single at least)." The video ends with another taunt: "Tu na sudhri bas, chakke maari jaaye, thalle na kheli (You are not going to listen... you are only hitting sixes, try and hit along the ground also)."

- PRATYUSH RAJ

On Sunday against a quality England attack, Abhishek showed that he is not a one-trick ures mark in 37 and when wickets were falling regularly, he held one end and got out in the 18th over. During his 54-ball 135 run carnage at the Wankhede Stadium, Abhishek Sharma took 19 singles, and ran five twos but smashed 13 sixes, the most for India in T20Is.