"He took on the spinners really well": Ruturaj Gaikwad on Abhishek Sharma following his maiden ton

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Harare [Zimbabwe], : After playing an unbeaten knock for his side in the second match of the five-match series, star India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad heaped praise on young Abhishek Sharma following his maiden century in the shortest format of the game.on..

Abhishek played an outstanding innings where the left-hander smashed 100 runs in just 47 balls with the help of seven fours and eight sixes..

On the other hand, Gaikwad played a marvellous unbeaten innings of 77 runs in 47 balls which was laced with 11 boundaries and a maximum in his innings..

I think we need to stick to hard lengths, stick to good lengths, just Test match lengths, keep it simple and try to hit top of off," Gaikwad said in the mid-innings interview..

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