The current T20 World Cup is not going well for Indian team opener Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek was seen struggling from the beginning of the tournament and his bat remained silent even in the semi-finals against England. Interestingly, Abhishek has lost his wicket to an off-spinner for the third time in five innings. It is clear that he has been seen struggling against spinners in the World Cup.
India did not make changes in playing-11
England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Captain Harry Brook told that Jamie Overton has returned to his team. He has got a chance in place of Rehan Ahmed. At the same time, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not make any changes in the playing 11. Looking at Abhishek’s form, there was speculation that he might be sat out, but the team management had kept faith in him. However, once again Abhishek disappointed and he was out after scoring nine runs in the semi-finals.
Struggling against off spin
Abhishek was seen struggling against off-spin in the T20 World Cup. In five innings of the current tournament, Abhishek scored 29 runs on 27 balls against off-spinners. During this period his strike rate was 107.40 and he batted at an average of 9.66. At the same time, Abhishek lost his wicket for the third time against the off-spinner. Abhishek became the victim of Will Jacques in the semi-finals.
Scored only one half-century in the current tournament
Talking about Abhishek’s performance in the current T20 World Cup, Abhishek could not even open his account in the first three matches. Due to ill health, he could not play the match against Namibia, while he was out for zero against America, Pakistan and Netherlands. Abhishek had scored 15 runs against South Africa. At the same time, he played an inning of 55 runs in the Super Eight match against Zimbabwe. It seemed that now Abhishek will regain his lost rhythm, but against West Indies he scored 10 runs and now returned to the pavilion on only nine runs.