It stings Rajkumar Sharma, Abhishek Sharma’s father and childhood coach, when he hears talk of his son being an all-out attack ballbasher. “He always has the team’s interests in mind. There have been times when I have selfishly told him to play more carefully when he is getting to a 50 or 100, but he refuses,” he told The Indian Express last month. “This is a player who built his abilities playing with the red ball. He has spent a long time building his match temperament. He doesn’t just go after every ball without thinking.” As he went about plundering eight sixes and five fours on his way to a 35-ball 84 in the first T20I against New Zealand in Nagpur on Wednesday, Rajkumar’s words felt like a tale spun by a sentimental loved one. His son was going after the Kiwi bowlers with disdain. Yet, shades of those sentiments felt true in the formation of yet another match-winning contribution from the 25-year-old who has rapidly become the axis on which India’s batting is held …