Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma’s explosive opening duo dominated the Asian Cup in 2025, offering match-defined performances at the top of the order. Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma were childhood friends from Punjab, and they grew up together on and off the field.
Now, the chemistry of Gill and Abhishek has been translated into a big run for blue men. Abhishek currently dominates the bowlers with fearless stroke plays in sensational form, but Shubman offers stable support and makes the right-left combination a nightmare for the opposition in the 2025 Asian Cup.
Irfan Pathan welcomes Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma electrochemistry at Asia Cup 2025
Their partnership created stands in matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh in the tournament. Ahead of the Asian Cup 2025 final, former Indian all-around Irfan Patan welcomed the understanding and communications on the field of Indian openers.
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Irfan Pathan said on the Sony Sports Network:
Irfan Pathan responds to how Abhishek Sharma ignored Shubman Gill’s advice
Patan often pointed out that Shubman leads Abhishek with a single and films the choice, but the young left-handed continues his offensive blow. In the match against Bangladesh, despite being advised by Gill to play the final ball safely after 15 runs missed, Abhishek defeated the six, supporting a fearless approach.
The former World Cup winner added, “It’s another thing not to listen because it happened yesterday (Wednesday). Shubman asked that 15 runs came in the overs and asked him to play the final ball carefully.
Notably, Abhishek is currently the leading run scorer for the ongoing Asian Cup 2025, earning 248 runs from five games on a ferocious strike rate of 206.67. Meanwhile, Gill has so far scored 111 runs in the tournament.
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After Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma, Yuvraj Singh is coaching Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh
Meanwhile, legendary Indian all-arounder Yuvraj Singh played a major role in shaping Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma’s careers. He helped them hone their skills and complete their game. They are now tearing their bowling attacks with fearless batting.
Both Shubman and Abhishek openly acknowledge Yuvraj’s influence in his career. Yuvraj is deeply involved in the game as Yuvraj is taking promising young people like Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh under his wings.
Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh lighted the 2025 IPL for the Punjab King earlier this year, learning tricks from one of the greatest all-round and great strikers of all time in Punjab.
The Punjab King shared a photo of Arya and Prabhsimran’s training session with Yuvraj on social media, captioning the post by saying, “Learn from OG #Yuvrajsingh.”
Learn from 𝐎𝐆.#yuvrajsingh pic.twitter.com/l1lzoxvitd
– Punjab Kings (@punjabkingsipl) September 24, 2025