India, Sept. 22 -- Among the pyrotechniques that Abhishek Sharma unleashed in his 39-ball 74 against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four clash on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, the one that floored the legendary Ravichandran Ashwin was an inside-out cover drive that instantly sparked a comparison with two of India's World Cup-winning players - Yuvraj Singh, incidentally also the batter's mentor, and MS Dhoni.

It happened on the fourth ball of the eighth over, when Saim Ayub dished out a tossed-up delivery, full on the middle. Abhishek shuffled to move towards the leg side, opened up his front leg and whipped it through the extra cover for a boundary that brought up his half-century.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashw...