India recorded a famous 72 run win against Zimbabwe in their second Super 8 game in Chennai to keep their semi-final hopes alive. The Men in Blue came out to bat first and started off really well with Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma attacking the bowlers from both ends. Ishan Kishan joined the bandwagon and contributed 38 runs.

Abhishek Sharma finally got the monkey off his back with a quick fire half century and got India to a flying start. Suryakumar Yadav recorded 33 runs with a strike rate of 253.85 before Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma played a match winning innings. The duo put together a 84 runs partnership in 31 balls to get India to a historic total of 256-4 at the end of 20 overs.

Abhishek Sharma is being widely praised for his impactful innings against Zimbabwe, but former India all-rounder Ravichandra Ashwin believes that Sharma is yet to unleash his best form with the bat.

"Our confidence shook a bit after the defeat to South Africa. So for that to return, it was important to win this game. Abhishek got back. I don't think he is in the best of form yet. They made the change of Samson. Axar coming back was important," said Ashwin on his YouTube channel 'Ash ki Baat'.

Ashwin also said that Abhishek Sharma’s performance against Zimbabwe is a huge positive for India. He also added that Sharma is not a slogger, but his bat swing is so good that sometimes people assume him to be a slogger.

"Abhishek Sharma was a big positive. He has been an MVP in this format. He is being called a slogger. You can say anything about his game, but he is not a slogger. He's got one of the most enviable bat swings. You can't get a better bat swing. The ball goes far when strokes the ball. So people can tend to get confused that he is a slogger," he explained.

Ashwin also highlighted Abhishek Sharma’s weakness and said, "The one thing Abhishek is guilty of is showing intent on every ball. Intent does not mean jumping forward and playing. You can show intent, but there are a lot of ways to show it. That can happen when someone is searching for runs. He does not have to go hard. When you are searching for runs, you can go hard. It can happen. Someone has to tell him to time the ball and not hit hard. His strength is timing. I hope this fifty will put him on the track to get onto a wonderful, flourishing finish," he concluded.