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[VIDEOS] Abhishek Sharma - The new potential great from India

BTW what about the kid who scored 1000+ in one innings?
that innings looks controversial, saw some news about it saying that the opposition players were under 10 years,
etc etc
 
This kid has something about him. I saw him first at the U-19 World Cup. Though he didn't standout as much as Gill, Shaw or that age-fudger. He definitely showed potential and he has expanded on it in this year's IPL. Would like to see him bowl more because he seemed like a proper all-rounder and someone who was pretty handy with the ball too.

Interested in hearing what Indian posters think about him.
 
He is pretty good but shouldn't leave away his bowling. A quality player who is a clean striker of the ball, much like Yuvraj Singh. Fantastic white ball player in the coming future for India.
 
Despite his terrific knock, former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who also happens to be Abhishek's idol and mentor, scolded the player for the way he was dismsised.

It was a quick short ball from Piyush Chawal that saw Abhishek pulling it in the air before Naman Dhir completed the catch at deep mid-wicket.

"Waah sir Abhishek waah, great innings but what a splendid shot to get out on! Laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahi maante! Special (slipper emoji) waiting for you now @IamAbhiSharma4," wrote Yuvraj on X.


NDTV
 
Abhishek Sharma gone after playing a vital cameo of 37(12) against CSK for SRH in IPL 2024.
 
Most 6s in 2024 IPL Powerplays

9 - Abhishek Sharma*
9 - Sunil Narine
8 - David Warner
5 - Rachin Ravindra
5 - Philip Salt
5 - Ishan Kishan
 
He needs some big scores in winning causes. A couple of hundreds and some 50+ scores will help him get noticed by selectors.

Quick fire innings of 20's and 30's will only make him Ishan Kishan 2.0. Hope he concentrates on his bowling too and not leave it. That is the only way he can get in the squad. Too many talented young hitters in IPL. There is dearth of all rounders in Indian squad. That is where the opening will be.
 
Champ_Pal said:
He needs some big scores in winning causes. A couple of hundreds and some 50+ scores will help him get noticed by selectors.

Quick fire innings of 20's and 30's will only make him Ishan Kishan 2.0. Hope he concentrates on his bowling too and not leave it. That is the only way he can get in the squad. Too many talented young hitters in IPL. There is dearth of all rounders in Indian squad. That is where the opening will be.
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In T20 that is what is needed. Batsmen with intent.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
In T20 that is what is needed. Batsmen with intent.
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Just intent is not enough. They need to make significant contributions with the bat. 10 ball 25 runs will look pretty. But will not get noticed enough for selection. A 40 ball 65 is what gets selected in the team.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Just intent is not enough. They need to make significant contributions with the bat. 10 ball 25 runs will look pretty. But will not get noticed enough for selection. A 40 ball 65 is what gets selected in the team.
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30 is more than enough. nstead of playingi half the innings and tuk tuking to 80 wiill help you lose gracefully. That' sit. Today they won mainly because of his cameo. Rightfully he won the man of the match
 
Champ_Pal said:
Just intent is not enough. They need to make significant contributions with the bat. 10 ball 25 runs will look pretty. But will not get noticed enough for selection. A 40 ball 65 is what gets selected in the team.
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40 ball 65 doesn't really means anything these days where pitches are mostly flat for the shortest format
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
This kid has something about him. I saw him first at the U-19 World Cup. Though he didn't standout as much as Gill, Shaw or that age-fudger. He definitely showed potential and he has expanded on it in this year's IPL. Would like to see him bowl more because he seemed like a proper all-rounder and someone who was pretty handy with the ball too.

Interested in hearing what Indian posters think about him.
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I think you are talking about Manjot. The decision of his was overturned. Poor guy's career got affected due to injuries.
 
Champ_Pal said:
He needs some big scores in winning causes. A couple of hundreds and some 50+ scores will help him get noticed by selectors.

Quick fire innings of 20's and 30's will only make him Ishan Kishan 2.0. Hope he concentrates on his bowling too and not leave it. That is the only way he can get in the squad. Too many talented young hitters in IPL. There is dearth of all rounders in Indian squad. That is where the opening will be.
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Ishan Kishan is a hack. He will hack every ball and in most innings would end up at a below par strike rate. Abhishek Sharma doesn't waste balls.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
Ishan Kishan is a hack. He will hack every ball and in most innings would end up at a below par strike rate. Abhishek Sharma doesn't waste balls.
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Kishan is a selfish cricketer. Also he is not as good as Abhishek in picking length. Especially he is one of the best batsman against Rashid khan when everybody struggled

30 balls 63 runs 5 sixes against Rashid khan in the IPL
 
This guy looks good. Hitting sixes for fun. Iced the chase with a good knock.
 
Always been a good talent. He is a very useful left arm spinner in LOIs. Once i saw him bowl carrom ball. Should continue working on his bowling as well.
 
Pretty good option to have. He and Hardik can fill in 5th bowler quota. Time to move on from Jadeja and his wannabes in white ball cricket.
 
Ab Fan said:
Pretty good option to have. He and Hardik can fill in 5th bowler quota. Time to move on from Jadeja and his wannabes in white ball cricket.
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We can have rinku in jadeja's place as rohit and kohli will eat 2 places.Pandya and Rinku can complete 4 overs
 
Vikram1989 said:
We can have rinku in jadeja's place as rohit and kohli will eat 2 places.Pandya and Rinku can complete 4 overs
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When does Rinku bowl? And that too in T20s where you need clever bowlers. Neither Rinku nor Jaiswal can fill that 6th option. Abhishek is like a bare minimum you need and he took will have to keep working on his bowling.

Rinku walks in as a specialist finisher imo.
 
Players that should be in 11 on merit :-

SKY
Hardik( disclaimer:- as a proper all rounder)
Rinku
Bumrah

Rest will depend on form and other options we have.
 
Ab Fan said:
Players that should be in 11 on merit :-

SKY
Hardik( disclaimer:- as a proper all rounder)
Rinku
Bumrah

Rest will depend on form and other options we have.
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Jaiswal ,kuldeep and in some cases bishnoi too.if picked mayank too.
 
Ab Fan said:
When does Rinku bowl? And that too in T20s where you need clever bowlers. Neither Rinku nor Jaiswal can fill that 6th option. Abhishek is like a bare minimum you need and he took will have to keep working on his bowling.

Rinku walks in as a specialist finisher imo.
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Rinku bowls off spin he bowled against SA in odis.

Once old batch is in, then
Rohit
Jaiswal
Kohli
Sky
Pandya
Pant/jitesh
7th ?
Kd
Bishnoi/mayank
Siraj
Bumrah
Only 7th place for rinku otherwise jaiswal has to be sacrificed for sr less kohli and we have to include rinku.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Rinku bowls off spin he bowled against SA in odis.

Once old batch is in, then
Rohit
Jaiswal
Kohli
Sky
Pandya
Pant/jitesh
7th ?
Kd
Bishnoi/mayank
Siraj
Bumrah
Only 7th place for rinku otherwise jaiswal has to be sacrificed for sr less kohli and we have to include rinku.
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Rinku has to be there. This seems the likely team except Arshdeep coming in for Mayank/Bishnoi. 6th bowling option is a problem that stays. Also, Kohli post powerplay against spin is weak so he is actually better option as opener. It was messed up just when Rohit got announced as captain. He didn't merit a place in Indian T20 team.
 
Ab Fan said:
It was messed up just when Rohit got announced as captain. He didn't merit a place in Indian T20 team.
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Old guard care about themselves shamelessly. Jaiswal & rinku should be there as new gen so not to choke on knock outs ,if we reach miraculously. Am not comfortable with arshdeep in the team ,he is billed as death bowler but he gives awful amount of runs in the slog end.even akram pointed it out.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Old guard care about themselves shamelessly. Jaiswal & rinku should be there as new gen so not to choke on knock outs ,if we reach miraculously. Am not comfortable with arshdeep in the team ,he is billed as death bowler but he gives awful amount of runs in the slog end.even akram pointed it out.
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Mayank has been impressive but pace concedes a lot of runs too, especially at international level vs top teams. Arshdeep is new ball+ death bowler and gives you a left arm option. Having that role is vital. This will allow Siraj or say a Shami to take care of powerplay phase.
 
Ab Fan said:
Mayank has been impressive but pace concedes a lot of runs too, especially at international level vs top teams. Arshdeep is new ball+ death bowler and gives you a left arm option. Having that role is vital. This will allow Siraj or say a Shami to take care of powerplay phase.
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Mayank can.be used in the .middle overs.if Maxi and green struggles against him,he can be handful against sc and few teams.we can use bishoi or arshdeep on the need basis.shami will not be there till oct
 
Ab Fan said:
Mayank has been impressive but pace concedes a lot of runs too, especially at international level vs top teams. Arshdeep is new ball+ death bowler and gives you a left arm option. Having that role is vital. This will allow Siraj or say a Shami to take care of powerplay phase.
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Vikram1989 said:
Mayank can.be used in the .middle overs.if Maxi and green struggles against him,he can be handful against sc and few teams.we can use bishoi or arshdeep on the need basis.shami will not be there till oct
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BouncerGuy said:
This thread is not about the indian squad. It is about abhishek.
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I guess you guys might have missed this note.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Kishan is a selfish cricketer. Also he is not as good as Abhishek in picking length. Especially he is one of the best batsman against Rashid khan when everybody struggled

30 balls 63 runs 5 sixes against Rashid khan in the IPL
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Ishan isn't selfish. He is just not good enough fir this level. He can dispatch only when they are bowled in his slot. But most of the times, he ends up playing momentum killing knocks despite showing intent. Abhishek has got the perfect game to succeed in T20s. He can turn the match in his short stays, something Ishan doesn't do very often.
 
ABhishek is built for T20s - high tempo batting at the top and more than useful SLA bowling. Good fielder too.

Abhishek
Jaiswal
SKY
Pant
Parag
Rinku
Dube/Hardik
Axar
Kuldeep Yadav
Bumrah
Mayank Yadav

This would be a bold XI for India to field in WT20. 7 bowling options - both Abhishek and Parag can bowl competent spin.
 
Still early days for this guy and 1 or 2 games are never enough to judge someone in the long run. Let him play the whole season and then we can see where he is standing among the best ones out there.

He looked good but it could have been a one time wonder as well.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Still early days for this guy and 1 or 2 games are never enough to judge someone in the long run. Let him play the whole season and then we can see where he is standing among the best ones out there.

He looked good but it could have been a one time wonder as well.
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One time wonder is applicable for those who click exclusively in IPL while failing everywhere else. ABhishek Sharma was an under-19 player who played under-19 world cup. Then he had a semi decent season with SRH before. THen he worked with Yuvraj in power hitting. BEcame a six hitting monster in Syed mUshtaq ali T20 league this season hitting 39 sixes. He is replicating that in IPL. He has come through ranks. So is Parag. Jaiswal did last season. He also came through ranks.
 
I should clarify.

Abhishek is NOT good enough for any format other than T20. In T20 though, he's a massive upgrade in terms of mentality over the likes of KL and Rohit and Kohli.

He also bowls SLA and that's always priceless in T20s. Pretty much a made-for-T20s cricketer.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
One time wonder is applicable for those who click exclusively in IPL while failing everywhere else. ABhishek Sharma was an under-19 player who played under-19 world cup. Then he had a semi decent season with SRH before. THen he worked with Yuvraj in power hitting. BEcame a six hitting monster in Syed mUshtaq ali T20 league this season hitting 39 sixes. He is replicating that in IPL. He has come through ranks. So is Parag. Jaiswal did last season. He also came through ranks.
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He might have a blast-off IPL season and can knock on the doors of selectors but first, he has to be consistent throughout the whole season. Still lots of games left. We will see his abilities in the upcoming games.
 
BouncerGuy said:
He might have a blast-off IPL season and can knock on the doors of selectors but first, he has to be consistent throughout the whole season. Still lots of games left. We will see his abilities in the upcoming games.
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He doesn't have to because he is playing a specific role for SRH. Him and Head. The role is to have a ball in power play. High risk execution. So he may not be consistent. Consistency in T20 is definition of statpadding like what KOhli does now. Yea sure he scores in all the matches. But his team always scores 20 or 30 runs under par.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He doesn't have to because he is playing a specific role for SRH. Him and Head. The role is to have a ball in power play. High risk execution. So he may not be consistent. Consistency in T20 is definition of statpadding like what KOhli does now. Yea sure he scores in all the matches. But his team always scores 20 or 30 runs under par.
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Let him play the whole season and then we can see if he fits the role or not. 1 game is never a standard.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He doesn't have to because he is playing a specific role for SRH. Him and Head. The role is to have a ball in power play. High risk execution. So he may not be consistent. Consistency in T20 is definition of statpadding like what KOhli does now. Yea sure he scores in all the matches. But his team always scores 20 or 30 runs under par.
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Everyone cannot be a hit or miss batsman. You need a Kohli to steer the ship when ultra aggressive batsmen fail. Kohli shouldn’t be an opener. He should come 2 down where he can play overs 7-15 and score at 9 rpo before finishers go crazy.
 
AMSS said:
ABhishek is built for T20s - high tempo batting at the top and more than useful SLA bowling. Good fielder too.

Abhishek
Jaiswal
SKY
Pant
Parag
Rinku
Dube/Hardik
Axar
Kuldeep Yadav
Bumrah
Mayank Yadav

This would be a bold XI for India to field in WT20. 7 bowling options - both Abhishek and Parag can bowl competent spin.
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Good team. You need a different all rounder in place of Axar. He has regressed in recent times. Bowling is ineffective and batting is not good enough.
May be India can play both Dube and hardik.
5th bowler duties shared between Dube, Parag and Abhishek.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Good team. You need a different all rounder in place of Axar. He has regressed in recent times. Bowling is ineffective and batting is not good enough.
May be India can play both Dube and hardik.
5th bowler duties shared between Dube, Parag and Abhishek.
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Am not sure about dube.all that guy needs a good aggressive bouncer. If he can fix it, we should be good otherwise we dont need a iyer kind of guy again
 
19-ball fifty and a 96m hit over long-on. What a clutch player he is!

Wondering why Hardik Pandya has been given preference over him
 
He will not get a chance until the oldies take retirement.

Rohit, Kohli, KL all should retire from T20's. But their egos are bigger than an elephant. They will not go until BCCI drops them. Its a trademark of Indian cricket.
 
Rohit is nothing in front of Abhishek. Fact! He should retire and let Abhishek play in the T20 World Cup.
 
The destructive Travis Head has called his Sunrisers Hyderabad opening partner Abhishek Sharma an exciting talent for Indian cricket after the duo combined to pummel the Lucknow Super Giants bowling attack in a record IPL chase. He said in the post-match press conference:

"The partnership with Abhi has been fantastic, he's such an exciting talent for Indian cricket. We complement each other so well and he's very very enjoyable to be around, he's so excited and thinks about the game and yeah he's got a lot of energy so it's a great partnership to be involved in."
 
Abhishek Sharma is now amongst the top 6 six-hitters in an IPL season and he's not done yet!

Most 6s in an IPL season

59 - Chris Gayle, 2012
52 - Andre Russell, 2019
51 - Chris Gayle, 2013
45 - Jos Buttler, 2022
44 - Chris Gayle, 2011
39 - Abhishek Sharma, 2024

Why was Abhishek Sharma not picked in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad?
 
FearlessRoar said:
Abhishek Sharma is now amongst the top 6 six-hitters in an IPL season and he's not done yet!

Most 6s in an IPL season

59 - Chris Gayle, 2012
52 - Andre Russell, 2019
51 - Chris Gayle, 2013
45 - Jos Buttler, 2022
44 - Chris Gayle, 2011
39 - Abhishek Sharma, 2024

Why was Abhishek Sharma not picked in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad?
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How else they will accommodate Rohit whose captaincy was announced long back. Seniority culture.
 
Rinku Singh and Abhishek Sharma should have both been included in the World Cup squad. I watched Abhishek Sharma the other day, and he's on another level.
 
Abhishek should have been ahead of Jaiswal or Rohit. Jaiswal, like Gill, is also a 135-140 SR batsman.

If you have to stick with Rohit and Kohli in top 3, Abhishek is the best partner to complement them. He is no hack like Kishan, can give you a part time bowling option, a left handed who hits sizes with utmost ease and scores pretty fast.
 
Ab Fan said:
Abhishek should have been ahead of Jaiswal or Rohit. Jaiswal, like Gill, is also a 135-140 SR batsman.

If you have to stick with Rohit and Kohli in top 3, Abhishek is the best partner to complement them. He is no hack like Kishan, can give you a part time bowling option, a left handed who hits sizes with utmost ease and scores pretty fast.
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line up of abishikh, rinku singh, sky and sivam dube would be a nice watch
 
emranabbas said:
line up of abishikh, rinku singh, sky and sivam dube would be a nice watch
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Dube is pretty overrated. He is good only for bashing clueless trundlers and spinners who won't have matchup with him.

Abhishek
Jaiswal/Gill
Kohli
SKY
Pant/Samson
Hardik
Rinku

That's a solid top 7. Dube is at same level as Hardik with bat but well behind him with bowl. Purely on batting( if Hardik isn't bowling), we can have Dube due to advantage of being a lefty( vs leg spin/left arm spin).
 
Ab Fan said:
Dube is pretty overrated. He is good only for bashing clueless trundlers and spinners who won't have matchup with him.

Abhishek
Jaiswal/Gill
Kohli
SKY
Pant/Samson
Hardik
Rinku

That's a solid top 7. Dube is at same level as Hardik with bat but well behind him with bowl. Purely on batting( if Hardik isn't bowling), we can have Dube due to advantage of being a lefty( vs leg spin/left arm spin).
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Still early days for dube I know he's had a poor ipl but when he gets going he's good
I know it's only Afghanistan but he was very impressive
 
emranabbas said:
Still early days for dube I know he's had a poor ipl but when he gets going he's good
I know it's only Afghanistan but he was very impressive
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Yes early days so let's wait a bit for him in my opinion.
 
Ab Fan said:
Abhishek should have been ahead of Jaiswal or Rohit. Jaiswal, like Gill, is also a 135-140 SR batsman.

If you have to stick with Rohit and Kohli in top 3, Abhishek is the best partner to complement them. He is no hack like Kishan, can give you a part time bowling option, a left handed who hits sizes with utmost ease and scores pretty fast.
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Jaiswal SR is 170 for first 10 balls.rohit does not have any business in the t20 team now. All washed up seniors are eating the chances of youngster's.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Jaiswal SR is 170 for first 10 balls.rohit does not have any business in the t20 team now. All washed up seniors are eating the chances of youngster's.
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Not questioning if Jaiswal merits a place or not but if in case India has to persist with Rohit and Kohli in top 3, the other opener should be someone as clinical and destructive as Abhishek.

Ofcourse, Rohit doesn't merit but that's not something anyone can do about.
 
Following the match, Pat Cummins hailed Abhishek Sharma and admitted that he himself would never want to bowl at the left-hander. he said at the post-match presentation ceremony:

"It's pretty cool, it's awesome. We have won 6 out of 7 here, it has been great. I didn't know many guys coming into this season, but we have played great cricket and had some fun."

"He (Abhishek) is amazing. I wouldn't want to bowl against him. He's scary. Nitish is a class player, looks mature beyond his age, he is perfect for the top-order. Really satisfying. I haven't played in finals before. Playing some really good cricket, excited for what's ahead."
 
Ab Fan said:
Abhishek should have been ahead of Jaiswal or Rohit. Jaiswal, like Gill, is also a 135-140 SR batsman.

If you have to stick with Rohit and Kohli in top 3, Abhishek is the best partner to complement them. He is no hack like Kishan, can give you a part time bowling option, a left handed who hits sizes with utmost ease and scores pretty fast.
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Best possible batting line-up
Jaiswal
Abhishek
Virat ( he is better than Rohit and reliable if openers falls)
Sky
Samson ( WK)
Rinku
Pandya( no other allrounder)
 
Certain individuals frequently derail discussions by bringing up selection-related topics in almost every thread. It's nauseating to witness this trend, especially when attempting to focus on discussing lesser-known players. Why aren't the moderators taking any action against such posters?
 
Abhishek six hitting ability is improve this session is remarkable .how can he hit those six so easily?
 
He has that fearlessness in his eyes and play that I only last saw in Sehwag among Indians. He should be inducted into LOs team as soon as possible and should be persisted with for long. Kind of like how Saim Ayub has been identified.
 
Ab Fan said:
Dube is pretty overrated. He is good only for bashing clueless trundlers and spinners who won't have matchup with him.

Abhishek
Jaiswal/Gill
Kohli
SKY
Pant/Samson
Hardik
Rinku

That's a solid top 7. Dube is at same level as Hardik with bat but well behind him with bowl. Purely on batting( if Hardik isn't bowling), we can have Dube due to advantage of being a lefty( vs leg spin/left arm spin).
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Devadwal said:
Best possible batting line-up
Jaiswal
Abhishek
Virat ( he is better than Rohit and reliable if openers falls)
Sky
Samson ( WK)
Rinku
Pandya( no other allrounder)
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We both are aligned on this.
 
No line-up is ''best'' XI in India without Parag in it.

No XI is best *with* Kohli/Rohit in it.
 
Should have been in the wt20 squad to open with Rohit with his role of giving a fire start to the inning. In case he fails, you'd have Rohit and Kohli to build up and go berserk later on.
 
It has been a roller-coaster ride for Abhishek Sharma in IPL 2024.

Will he perform well tonight?
 
Cricket Warrior said:
the way he performed in IPL he should have been picked above Shivam Dube
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Sharma played as an opener in IPL and India did not need another opener in the T20 WC squad. Just for the sake of picking someone you cannot add someone to a squad. India already had Rohit, Jaiswal and Kohli all opening, Sharma's selection would not have made any sense. His time will come and he is the the future of Indian white ball batting along with Jaiswal.
 
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