Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said India will "dance to a win" on days when Abhishek Sharma is on song with the bat. Praising the opening partnership of Abhishek and Shubman Gill, he added, "The way Abhishek anticipated...that first ball [by Shaheen Afridi] would be a short ball...That also tells...this young man has a good cricketing head on his shoulders."