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IND vs AUS, 2nd T20I: Speaking to the press after hitting a fifty in India's defeat in Melbourne, opener Abhishek Sharma said he was not surprised to see Harshit Rana chip in with the bat. Abhishek also backed India to win the Women's World Cup on Sunday in Navi Mumbai.

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00:00Abhishek, tell us about your mentality.
00:05You are playing in Australia.
00:07What challenges do you feel different in these pitches?
00:12And when the wickets fall in front of you,
00:15what do you think about batting style?
00:17Do you think about your natural game?
00:20Do you want to continue?
00:22Tell us about your thought process.
00:24Obviously, the team plan is that I will play.
00:30Our team plan is that the top order will dominate.
00:34But today, I feel like it was a little unexpected.
00:38I feel like they were playing as a baller as a spot.
00:42They were playing as a line and length.
00:46But obviously, when the victory is in front of you,
00:49it is better to play for the team.
00:53So, the situation was not clear.
00:55I was not aware of the situation.
00:57I felt that the score will be more difficult.
01:01Because the biget was difficult to play.
01:03The shots were not easy to play.
01:05But that was my mindset.
01:07And the challenges in pitches?
01:09The challenges in pitches, I think.
01:11There are many players who have the first tour.
01:13Including me as well.
01:15So, somewhere else, I knew that the extra bounce pace
01:18will be able to play the ball length.
01:24So, I think that all of us were prepared.
01:28It's just that, as a batting unit,
01:30I feel like it was a little surprise.
01:32We were surprised that the bounce and the pace was coming.
01:35And the discipline balling.
01:37I think the credit goes to them.
01:39And with Harshit's partnership,
01:40if you also know about Harshit's partnership,
01:42if you also know about him,
01:44because he's also a batting promotion.
01:46So, what would you say about that?
01:48I knew that Harshit is going to batting.
01:50Because in the net,
01:52I knew that he was going to batting.
01:54But, I knew that he was going to batting.
01:56But, I had the same plan.
01:58He didn't come to me and say that
02:00we are going to play a little bit.
02:01So, I think as a batter,
02:02he was aware of what the situation is
02:04and that we are going to play a little bit.
02:06But, I think that if Harshit is going to play,
02:08the righty-lefty combination will be good.
02:10That's why he came up with Shivam Dube.
02:14Because we needed a little righty-lefty combination on the pitch.
02:19So, he did a lot of good.
02:26Abhishek, you had done a hundred in Zimbabwe.
02:29After that, the game was a little lower.
02:31Then, you came back again.
02:33There is a different version.
02:35There is a different version.
02:36The fearlessness.
02:37And then, the license to kill.
02:39In the team.
02:40Where is this transformation?
02:41This is your thing.
02:42This is your thing.
02:43This is your team.
02:44This is your team.
02:45This is your team.
02:46This is your coach.
02:47This is your coach.
02:48This is your coach.
02:49This is your individual game.
02:51This is your team.
02:52No.
02:53Obviously, the team has seen me that
02:55this is better.
02:56And, obviously, when I sit and practice,
02:58I feel that it is very important.
03:00I do practice from home.
03:02If you need this approach,
03:04you have to be very consistent.
03:06Because it is up and down.
03:07But, my hope is that
03:09if I give a start,
03:10then, when we have 4-5-6
03:12betters,
03:13they get a little time.
03:14and, I feel like,
03:16when I practice and play a game,
03:17I have to get a little pressure from the baller.
03:18I have to practice.
03:19I have to practice.
03:20I have to play a little more.
03:21I have to play a little bit.
03:22I have to play a little bit.
03:23I have to play a little bit.
03:24and I have to play a little bit.
03:25I have to play a little bit.
03:26So, I have to practice a lot.
03:28So,
03:29I have to practice some of them.
03:31Then, after the team,
03:32Jiji and
03:33Suray,
03:35I felt that
03:36if anyone wants to play a little,
03:38I might just need a little support.
03:40They have to support me.
03:41That was my goal.
03:42Anytime you talked about it,
03:43I did not go down,
03:45I was looking for a little bit, I was looking for a little bit,
03:47even when I was talking about it, I felt like I was thinking a little bit,
03:52they are very clear in their mind, that they want me to play like this only.
03:55So when I was talking about captain and coach,
03:58I felt like playing like this,
04:02and I felt like when I was playing like this,
04:04when I was playing like this and my team was winning,
04:06I felt like I had a lot of work on it.
04:08Because it's not easy, you play more shots.
04:10That's it.
04:15What kind of challenge does Josh Acewood pose?
04:20I think as a batter, I was watching him in the ODAs as well.
04:24So somehow we knew that he's going to give us this much difficulty and challenges.
04:30So obviously the way he bowled today, even I got surprised.
04:34I haven't seen something like this in T20s.
04:36It was something new for me as well.
04:38Because I'm a batter that wants to dominate,
04:41but when I was seeing on the other side,
04:43that how he's bowling and even to me as well,
04:46it seems like he had a plan and he was just executing it.
04:50Are you relieved to know that he's not going to play for the rest of the series?
04:54Oh, is he? I didn't know this, but obviously.
04:57I mean, he's good enough to play all the formats,
05:01but still I was enjoying this challenge because somehow as a batter,
05:06you have to face the world-class ballers.
05:08And that's what I was trying to do.
05:11I see the cameras spotted you and Travis Head having a conversation before the game.
05:17At the end of the pitch there, did he give you anything?
05:21Yeah, I was trying because I knew that he's not going to give me anything
05:26because he's a kind of batter that doesn't think too much.
05:28But still I was asking him a bit regarding to the pitches and how he's going to perform.
05:37He was like, just go and enjoy.
05:39And that's the thing he's been doing in SRH as well.
05:42So I knew that he was going to answer me this,
05:44but still I wanted to hear from him.
05:46So, yeah.
05:48Avishik, obviously hard luck is today,
05:50but tomorrow the women's team has performed,
05:53I'm sure that you've also played a match.
05:56So, if you want to say something about their performance,
05:59and how are we playing in South Africa for the World Cup?
06:04Sir, we were following all the matches.
06:06I don't think that India has won a match in women's cricket.
06:10And I think the maturity and teamwork as a team,
06:16I think we're really proud of them.
06:19And we were just watching the match all together.
06:22We were watching all the matches,
06:24and we were doing so many runs.
06:27But as Jameema, Harman and Samriti,
06:31they all played,
06:33and cameos also played in front of us.
06:35So I think it wasn't the pressure on them.
06:38But obviously, as a team,
06:40Indian team,
06:41if you also see that women's team is doing so well,
06:43you get motivated, of course.
06:45Any message for the final coming up?
06:47Finals, I think they deserve the trophy
06:49the way they played semi-final game.
06:51I think they really deserve it,
06:52and they're going to do their well.
06:56Avishik, you said about the betting approach,
06:59I think it's a high risk, high reward method.
07:03Is it a usual method,
07:05or a high risk, high reward method?
07:07No sir, I think it wasn't usual,
07:09because for a long time,
07:11when I was at the top of my batting,
07:13even I was confused.
07:15But as I told you,
07:17I had a plan,
07:18how to approach my batting.
07:21And when I knew that,
07:23you know,
07:24the openers are so consistent in IPL,
07:28and obviously,
07:29I think that,
07:30as much as consistent,
07:31if you have a competition in your mind,
07:34you have to do something exceptional.
07:36So, I think that,
07:37I think that,
07:38I could work on my ability,
07:42and play shots.
07:43And I think that,
07:44I think that,
07:45I try to execute my shots with the field,
07:46and I try to execute my shots with the field.
07:49So,
07:50as I told you,
07:51that,
07:52when I go to the net,
07:53or when I go home,
07:54my focus is the same thing,
07:55that,
07:56I play a lot of balls in the field,
07:58and I play a lot of balls in the field.
08:00I play a lot of balls in the field.
08:02I play a lot of balls in the field.
08:04And,
08:05that is my only motive,
08:06that,
08:07that is not going to be out.
08:08So, that helped me.
08:10Thank you guys.
08:11Thank you guys.
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