“I made all Indian players know that this can happen”


Team India Star Abhishek Sharma made an impressive statement about his father, Raj Kumar Sharma, after the Asia Cup 2025. Abhishek played a key role in the triumph of India in the multinational event. It indicated 314 runs on a 200 -century strike rate.

Abhishek considered a young player to need someone to push them during his age, even if they were talented. He stated that his father was that person for him. The father of the young batter was his first coach. Abhishek revealed how his father would be strict.

“At first, I felt that as a young man, even if you are talented, up to your children under 19, you need someone who can push you. This was my father. He was a different coach. He was very strict. But I also think he needed someone like this in the way I. Schedule of shooting,” he said in “Breakfast with champions.” (4:52)

Also revealed how his father became once Rahul Tripthi to play the wrong shot. Abhishek added how he let the other Indian players know that his father could do things like a coach.

“My father was also done with Rahul Tripathi once. He said,” Why are you still hitting like that? You have such a good range of traits that play straight. “And imagine -you knew him for the first time. I let all Indian players know that this can happen.” (5:53)


India Obrador Abhishek Sharma opens on how his father wanted him to be a cricketer since childhood

Abhishek Sharma's father has played an important role in his son turning Cricleter from the beginning. It Indian The workshop revealed how he would train at his father's academy from a young age. He felt his father decided to turn him into a cricket from the moment he was born.

“My father was the coach. He played in Punjab for many years. And after that, when he was four or five years old, he had his own academy. He would arrive at 11 am and practice up to 3. This would be my personal practice. My cricket started from there. I feel he would have said to a cricketer who has arrived as soon as I was born.” (6:29)

The left side represented the child under 19 and India A before the international debut. He made his debut in T20I in 2024 against Zimbabwe. So far, it has played 24 games and has scored 849 runs at an average of 36.91, a 196.07 strike rate, with two hundred and five half a century.