Navjot Singh Sidhu hails IPL 2024 finalist snubbed from India's T20 World Cup squad, says 'ready to make India proud'

Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu lavished praise on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Abhishek Sharma after the franchise stormed into the final beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. 

SRH batter is in lethal form throughout the season. He scored 482 runs in 15 matches with a strike rate of 207.76. He also picked two wickets during his last outing against RR at M.A. Chidambaram (Chepauk) stadium in Chennai.

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Former India cricketer Sidhu reckoned that the young batter is ready to make India proud with his performance. 

"Yeh baccha taiyaar hai. He has the temperament to play in international cricket and he feels he belongs to the area. He is ready to make India proud," Siddhu said on Star Sports.

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Abhishek Sharma after SRH stormed into final

Abhishek Sharma revealed that he had been working on his bowling from a very long time but he still need to work on it. He also revealed that it's his dream to play in the final of IPL. 

“To be honest I didn't know it would be this match (where I would bowl all 4 overs), but I was ready. I have been working on my bowling. I have been batting well in the last 2 years but it was my bowling that I had to work on and I did it with my dad. It (the pitch) was quicker when we were batting and it started to turn in the second innings, Patty used the spinners well. It was the pressure I have put in all the (practice) sessions that he (Cummins) gave me bowling today. We won the SMAT with Punjab and the momentum came from that, I was ready and worked hard. The message was simple - they gave us the freedom to go and express ourselves. It was one of my dreams to play in the IPL final and it is coming true” said Abhishek Sharma after SRH beat RR. 

 

 

Team India have already announced their squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. Abhishek missed his spot in the squad for marquee event. 

 

India's T20 World Cup 2024 Squad

 

Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj

 

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

 

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