Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir kept telling me that I would win us a big game: Abhishek Sharma

India opener Abhishek Sharma en route his 52 against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final at Ahmedabad on Sunday. Pic/AFP

After scoring a crucial 21-ball 52 in India's T20 World Cup final triumph over New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday, opener Abhishek Sharma revealed that the unwavering faith displayed towards him by the team management helped him overcome a difficult phase during the tournament.

"It wasn't easy as a young player going through this phase (he had only scored 89 runs in the previous seven innings). One thing was very clear, the coach and the captain, they had the faith in me. Everyone was so much into me (saying) that ‘you're going to win (us) one game, one big game'," said Abhishek.

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