India opener Abhishek Sharma's father, Rajkumar, said he made him face bowlers who bowled at 150 kmph during his Under-16 days. "I trained him like that. All the kids used to say, brother, he might get hurt," he recalled, adding, "This is how his technique was formed. His power hitting is natural." Notably, Abhishek has a T20I strike-rate of 195.40.