India, Nov. 8 -- Abhishek Sharma marked his first tour of Australia with a typically brilliant performance in what has been a whirlwind start to his international career. The swashbuckling left-handed opener scored 163 runs in the series and won player of the series honours, showing that he can play his natural style even on Australian surfaces.

Now the number one T20 batter and also the fastest batter to 1000 T20I runs in terms of balls faced, Sharma has delivered after being given the license to play his high-risk style of cricket at the top of India's batting order. There is an awareness that his hyper-aggressive style will have days where it will see him dismissed early - he was dropped in the first over of both of the last two match...