Abhishek Sharma becomes fourth India cricketer to register unique milestone against UAE in Asia Cup

In India’s opening Asia Cup match against the UAE, opener Abhishek Sharma delivered a stellar performance, giving the team a perfect start. After bowling out the hosts for just 57 runs, India’s chase was led by Abhishek and Shubman Gill, who impressed with their explosive batting.

Abhishek made a memorable entrance by hitting a six off the very first ball he faced, becoming only the fourth Indian cricketer to start a T20I innings with a six. He joined the elite company of Rohit Sharma,



Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Sanju Samson.

India vs UAE playing XI:

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh