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Abhishek Sharma is eerily consistent: His meditative pose hints at a calm mind in a razzle-dazzle format

Abhishek Sharma produced a masterclass against Afghanistan on Thursday night at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium, securing his third T20I century with a grounded push to long-off. Prior to that milestone single, the 26-year-old Punjab left-hander had collected 96 of his 99 runs solely through boundaries, having belted nine fours and ten sixes.

After reaching the hundred, following an earlier 16-ball fifty, he celebrated calmly by shedding his helmet and gloves to assume a cross-legged, meditative position on the ground.

55 strike rate. This destructive performance in the final T20I came as a sharp turnaround from his home T20 World Cup earlier in February-March, where he suffered three ducks to start and totaled just 141 runs across eight turns at the crease before rebounding with a 21-ball half-century during the final against New Zealand.