"Rome Wasn't Built In A Day": Yuvraj Singh's Tough Love For Abhishek Sharma After Maiden T20I Century

India opener Abhishek Sharma's second T20I against Zimbabwe became more special after former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh congratulated him for his maiden ton for the country in the shortest format of cricket. After enduring a nightmarish start to his T20I career, Abhishek showed his true colours with the bat. From scoring a four-ball duck in his debut game, the 23-year-old youngster bounced back and scored a quick-fire hundred in the second T20I. He went berserk right from the get-go and opened his account with a towering maximum over deep backward square leg. His 47-ball century was laced with seven fours and a whopping eight maximums.

Taking to social media, former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who is the mentor of Abhishek, hailed the youngster, but urged him not to get complacent after just one big knock.

"Rome wasn't built in a day! Congratulations @IamAbhiSharma4 on the journey to your first International 100! Many more to come," Yuvraj captioned a post, highlighting Abhishek's journey.

Rome wasn't built in a day!

Congratulations @IamAbhiSharma4 on the journey to your first International 100! Many more to come#AbhishekSharma #INDvsZIM pic.twitter.com/7qfZJTiqOd

BCCI had also shared a video of Abhishek speaking with Yuvraj on a video call. The former all-rounder who has worked with Abhishek is proud of the youngster and believes many more hundreds will come from the southpaw's bat.

"I'm very proud. Well done. You deserve it. Many more to come. This is just the start," Yuvraj told Abhishek on a video call.

Two extremely special phone calls, one memorable bat-story & a first in international cricket!

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