Abhishek started putting pressure on the bowlers from the very beginning of the innings. His strike rate was 296.15 which is enough to give an idea of his aggressive batting. His ability to score runs quickly in the powerplay has been discussed before and he repeated the same style in this match also. Sahaj Dhawan, who opened with Abhishek, scored 45 runs in 18 balls while Naman Dheer played a quick inning of 47 runs in 22 balls. Naman's innings included five sixes and one four. On the basis of these stormy innings, Amritsar Surmaaz made a huge score of 258 runs in 19.5 overs.
However, despite scoring 258 runs, Amritsar team could not win the match. Mohali Kings made a tremendous run chase and won the match by five wickets by scoring 259 runs in 19.3 overs. The biggest hero of Mohali's victory was Anmolpreet Singh who played an explosive inning of 133 runs on 51 balls. He hit 10 fours and 12 sixes in his innings. Captain Ramandeep Singh also gave him excellent support by scoring unbeaten 69 runs in 40 balls. Both of them completely changed the course of the match by adding 151 runs in just 70 balls for the fourth wicket.
Abhishek also tried his hand at bowling in this match. He bowled the first over during the run chase and dismissed Manpreet Johal on the fourth ball. However, later runs were scored quickly on his balls and he took one wicket for 37 runs in 2.3 overs.
This stormy performance of Abhishek has come at a time when the Indian team has to play a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan in Delhi from September 13. The Indian team for this series is expected to be announced soon. In such a situation, Abhishek's inning of 77 runs in 26 balls in the domestic T20 match is definitely a strong message for the selectors. Now their eyes will be on maintaining this momentum in the upcoming matches. At the same time, fans are also excited to see whether his stormy form gets him a place in the Indian team against Afghanistan.