The final of IPL 2024 will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Sunrisers team confirmed their place in the final by defeating Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier match. Hyderabad’s performance was excellent throughout this season. Although many players gave match-winning performances for them this season, but the player who impressed the most was Abhishek Sharma.

Travis Head along with Abhishek Sharma gave the team a fast and aggressive start in every match. While Abhishek failed with the bat against Rajasthan Royals in the last match, he performed brilliantly with the ball. The part-time spinner took two wickets in his four-over spell, conceding 24 runs at an economy rate of six. He dismissed Sanju Samson in the ninth over. After this, in the 14th over, Abhishek dismissed Rajasthan’s explosive batsman Shimron Hetmyer.

Abhishek Sharma gave a big statement about Yuvraj Singh

In the press conference held after this match, Abhishek Sharma said that former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh influenced him to bowl. He told that Yuvi told him that he can become a better bowler than him. Actually, Yuvraj is his mentor.

Abhishek further said, “Whenever I have talked to Yuvi paaji (Yuvraj Singh) about bowling, he has always said that I can become a better bowler than him. This was always in my mind. I think he will also be happy that I contributed.”

Along with this, Abhishek told that his father would be very happy. The 23-year-old bowler said, “I think my father would be very happy because he was a left-arm spinner and he was working very hard on my bowling. Somehow I knew that if I kept working on my bowling, I could do something for my team. Since junior cricket, I have been bowling a lot and taking wickets and I was waiting for this opportunity.”