Abhishek Sharma has been in sublime form in the 2025 Asia Cup, and he credited captain Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir for allowing him to treat every game with the same mindset as well.

“I have never felt that this is a pressure match. We have prepared all the matches equally. Because of the way I have been playing. I felt like Surya bhai and GG ji have given me confidence because when you want to play like this [brand of cricket], you have to go up and down,” Abhishek said after being named player of the tournament.

“Obviously, if you want to play at such a high risk, then there are failures. But the way they handled me at that time, the way they [Gambhir and Suryakumar] talked to me at that time, I think because of that, especially to play like this because it is very important, that you have such support with the team,” he shared.

“I have played Under 19 and after that I got a chance. So it was very up and down because [for some players the trajectory is straight while for others, they experience everything] So I felt, I needed that [experiencing everything]. Because as a player, if I came directly, then I would not have got everything to learn. But obviously, I got more time to work than normal. Many players do not get that but I got more. I think this is just the beginning of our team and there is a lot more to come,” Abhishek Sharma again said.

“Since I have joined the team, even when he scores 100, he will still laugh like that, he talks to everyone like that. Even if he is out early, he leads everyone together. So I feel, this is the best quality of his I have seen. I also want to learn this because in T20 especially, you keep going up and down. But you have to make a balance, how to stay with the team, Enjoy everything,” Abhishek Sharma concluded.