Abhishek Sharma stood tall amid ruins with a combative 37-ball-68 as Australian pacers, led by Josh Hazlewood, dismantled the Indian top-order to bowl out the visitors for a paltry 125 in the second T20 International, here Friday.

Abhishek played some outrageous shots on the off-side: slashes, check drives and lofted strokes, to race to a 23-ball half-century in his maiden appearance at the iconic venue while others made a beeline towards the dugout.

The innings folded with eight balls still to be consumed.

His knock comprised of eight fours and two sixes. His stand of 56 runs with Harshit Rana, (35 off 33 balls) promoted to No.7, allowed India to cross 100-run mark. As many as nine batters could not reach double digits.

What worked for Abhishek was his ability to use the crease and ri

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