'Subah Jalandhar, shaam nu Dilli': Abhishek Sharma's pep talk before 30-ball century
Abhishek Sharma lit up a dead rubber with a 30-ball century as India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Afghanistan with a 127-run win in the third and final T20I in Delhi on Thursday.Abhishek tore into the Afghanistan bowling attack, scoring 108 off just 34 balls with 11 sixes. His innings took India to 221 for 7 after Afghanistan chose to field first.Afghanistan's batting struggled once again, just as it had in the first two matches, and the visitors were bowled out for 94 in 14.1 overs.After the match, BCCI posted a video of Abhishek giving a passionate pre-match speech during the team huddle.In the video shared by the BCCI, Abhishek can be seen addressing his teammates during the pre-match huddle in Punjabi and urged them to finish the series strongly."I'm going to speak Punjabi," Sharma declared to his assembled teammates.
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