Aakash Chopra said that Abhishek Sharma has to change his over-aggressive approach to spend more time in the middle and regain confidence.

In the ongoing series against the Proteas, Abhishek got dismissed for 7 and 4. Recently, former India opener Aakash Chopra issued a warning for the young batter, stating that the time is running out for him.

Indian opener Abhishek Sharma slammed a whirlwind half-century in the third T20I versus South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Wednesday. India lost Sanju Samson (0) on the 2nd delivery of the match before Abhishek and Tilak Varma added 107 runs in no time.

Tilak Varma (107*) and Abhishek Sharma (50) led the way as India posted a daunting 219/6 at the SuperSport Park. Arshdeep Singh’s fine spell of death bowling then ensured the Men in Blue survived a scare from Marco Jansen and Heinrich Klaasen to walk away with a win.

The problem starts from the top, more with Abhishek Sharma, whose extended lean run with the bat has now snowballed into a serious concern. He is in desperate need of a good outing in Centurion before the management thinks of juggling the combination.

Aakash Chopra asserted that Abhishek Sharma has to change his over-aggressive approach to spend more time in the middle and regain confidence.