Ajinkya Rahane says Abhishek Sharma accepts outside noise will continue throughout career

Ajinkya Rahane said Abhishek Sharma accepts that outside criticism will continue throughout his career regardless of performance. The former India batter made the comments after Abhishek's 30-ball century in the third T20I against Afghanistan.

Abhishek scored 11 runs across three matches in Zimbabwe before responding with 229 runs in the Afghanistan series at a strike rate of 269.41. Rahane said the opener is mature enough not to try proving anything to critics and speaks freely without worrying about judgment.

Rahane also praised Nitish Reddy's bowling in the same series, noting the all-rounder took six wickets at an economy rate of 8.77. Mohit Sharma cautioned that expectations around Reddy replacing Hardik Pandya should remain low.