Star India batter Abhishek Sharma was at his very best yet again on Friday in the second T20I against Australia at the MCG, with the youngster smacking a 37-ball 68 to lead India’s run-scoring in an otherwise shabby display from the visitors.

In front of a roaring MCG crowd, Abhishek showed brilliant composure, anchoring the innings as wickets fell around him.

Abhishek unleashed a flurry of audacious off-side strokes, slashes, check drives and elegant lofts, racing to a 23-ball half-century in his maiden outing at the iconic MCG, even as wickets kept tumbling at the other end.

Abhishek kept taking the attack to the Aussie bowlers even as partners kept changing at the other end. However, India missed a trick by not rotating the strike, he faced just 37 balls, while others struggled a

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