“Never thought we will debut together”: Abhishek Sharma on playing alongside Riyan Parag

Both the batsmen were friends since U19 days and it was a dream come true for both of them when they debuted together during India's T20I series against Zimbabwe

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Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag have been together since U19 days and even went on to win the 2018 U19 World Cup trophy as members of the Indian team. Six years later, paths of Abhishek and Riyan crossed again when the duo got to make their senior debut on India’s tour of Zimbabwe. 

“Last few games it was pretty good for bowling and as Riyan said after the 1st game we all woke up. Positive was the next match was next day so we did not have time to think too much. We were talking about this in the IPL, if we get our caps it will be a dream come true. We never thought we will debut together. We spoke about it long back and it happened,” said Abhishek after winning the T20I series 4-1.

“We (him and Abhishek) opened our jerseys together. I went to his room, he opened it first and then I did. We played the 2018 World Cup together and next 6 years we did not play, now we are playing. Doing it with him was pretty special,” Parag said on debuting for India with his friend.

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