Dubai, Sept. 9 -- Indian opener Abhishek Sharma heads into the Asia Cup as the batter with the most promising strike rate in the T20 matches he has played since October 2023.

Since October 2023, which marked the start of this Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament won by Punjab, Abhishek has been India's highest run-getter in T20s, with 2,332 runs in 66 matches at an average of 36.43, with a strike rate of 198.29. He has scored six centuries and 12 fifties, with a best score of 141.

Capable of clearing the boundary right from ball one, and with a blink-and-miss bat swing, the Yuvraj Singh-mentored Punjabi hitter is amongst the most prominent faces of India's new age T20I approach.

The 25-year-old baby-faced hitter is exactly opposite of wh...