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

SportsWarrior said:
no one talks up Finn Allen because only country against which he has good record is Pakistan. Otherwise he has a pretty ordinary average at high SR. he doesn't stay long enough to make much difference to end result. But he is definitely a good player who can make a huge impact for NZ
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Finn Allen has played as many matches against Pakistan as he has against India, Australia, England and South Africa combined. So to say that his record against Pakistan is the only reason people don't talk about him is a bit ignorant.

If Finn Allen was an Indian player fans would be talking about how he should open the batting with Abhishek. He has been a pretty destructive player across franchise leagues but because he's a New Zealand player without a massive PR machine behind him he doesn't get the same attention.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Finn Allen has played as many matches against Pakistan as he has against India, Australia, England and South Africa combined. So to say that his record against Pakistan is the only reason people don't talk about him is a bit ignorant.

If Finn Allen was an Indian player fans would be talking about how he should open the batting with Abhishek. He has been a pretty destructive player across franchise leagues but because he's a New Zealand player without a massive PR machine behind him he doesn't get the same attention.
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He has his opportunity now to make a name for himself. He’s an aggressive batsman and a game changer, if a little consistency comes into his play he’ll be a top drawer player.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Average lol moment you use the word average you loare all credibility. A reason why loser batsman like Rizwan even had a career.
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Your obsession with Rizwan says a lot. Rizwan gets a lot of hate from across the border because he is a simple man who wears his values on his sleeve and is not afraid to show it. Rizwan is a keeper and even if he retires tomorrow he will go down as Pakistan's GOAT keeper batsmen in all formats.
 
First ball duck against USA. This joker is an Indian pitch bilteral weak team bully. He will do nothing this WC of note against the big teams in big matches. Maybe a useless 50 against Netherlands or Namibia.
 

Abhishek Sharma Hospitalised, Doubtful For T20 World Cup Clash Against Namibia: Report​

Indian cricket team star batter Abhishek Sharma was hospitalised due to a stomach infection and could miss the T20 World Cup encounter against Namibia, according to a report.​

Indian cricket team star batter Abhishek Sharma was hospitalised due to a stomach infection and could miss the T20 World Cup encounter against Namibia, according to a report by Times Of India. Ahead of the group stage match against Namibia on Thursday, the report claimed that he was unwell even before the previous game against the USA and his condition worsened after playing the match. Abhishek was reportedly running a high temperature and was administered drips for immediate relief. The left-handed opener did not attend the team practice session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi


“Abhi (Abhishek) still has a few issues with his tummy. We are hopeful that he'll be available for the game in two days' time,” assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate told the media on Tuesday.

During the match against the USA, Abhishek was dismissed for a golden duck and he did not take the field during India's bowling. Sanju Samson fielded in his place for the entire innings. The youngster did not even come out for the post-match handshakes following his team's victory.

"Abhishek has been admitted to a private hospital in Delhi due to stomach infection. Some tests are being done to ascertain the problem. It is still not clear whether he will be discharged today. But match against Namibia looks doubtful as of now," a BCCI source told PTI.

Meanwhile, Ryan ten Doeschate confirmed that Washington Sundar has joined the Indian squad ahead of their second group-stage fixture against Namibia on February 12.

Speaking to the media at a pre-match press conference in Delhi on Tuesday, Doeschate also provided updates on key players, including Jasprit Bumrah's fitness.

"Sundar joined the team yesterday, and he will train with the squad today," Doeschate revealed.

He added, "Bumrah has been bowling after a 10-day break, and he's feeling a lot better. He's moving well and will bowl again today."

Reflecting on India's recent win over the USA, Doeschate praised Suryakumar Yadav's match-winning performance. "Thankfully, our captain came good. He's had an indifferent time over the past year, but that's why he's surrounded by good people. His leadership and consistency are evident in the way he played and rescued the team last week," said India's assistant coach.


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RizwanT20Champ said:
First ball duck against USA. This joker is an Indian pitch bilteral weak team bully. He will do nothing this WC of note against the big teams in big matches. Maybe a useless 50 against Netherlands or Namibia.
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Abhishek is a T20 hack just like Rinku and SKY.

He is mostly a bilateral bully. :inti
 
jnaveen1980 said:
you guys don't know how ABhishek sharma was then. HE was one of the most classical batsman until he trains himself to become a six hitter. He just added a layer to his game. His original game was remotely like this. If you look at his yearly IPL stats you will know. https://www.howstat.com/Cricket/Statistics/IPL/PlayerSeries.asp?PlayerID=4756
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I watched him play in a local league here in Kashmir few years ago he looked classy back then. He is also a nice guy , no ego and easy going man. Wish him more success
 
jnaveen1980 said:
you guys don't know how ABhishek sharma was then. HE was one of the most classical batsman until he trains himself to become a six hitter. He just added a layer to his game. His original game was remotely like this. If you look at his yearly IPL stats you will know. https://www.howstat.com/Cricket/Statistics/IPL/PlayerSeries.asp?PlayerID=4756
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He is class but TBH, he might not play longer format. T20s is his strongest format and he needs to focus here.. We saw how things went with surya
 
sweep_shot said:
Abhishek is a T20 hack just like Rinku and SKY.

He is mostly a bilateral bully. :inti
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Rinku is not even a T20 hack just an IPL hack. SKY is the ugliest batter I have seen and the most overrated. His range is actually limited which is masked by his so called crap shot behind the wicket.
 
BouncerGuy said:
He is class but TBH, he might not play longer format. T20s is his strongest format and he needs to focus here.. We saw how things went with surya
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SKY was not a under 19 talent like Abhishek. He was originally a bowling all rounder. Bit like how Smith evolved.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Rinku is not even a T20 hack just an IPL hack. SKY is the ugliest batter I have seen and the most overrated. His range is actually limited which is masked by his so called crap shot behind the wicket.
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Rizwan is probably the ugliest batting style in cricket history in any format. I am not trolling. Being serious ugliest defense ugliest bst swing. Fall. I have seen guys like jack Russell lol
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Rizwan is probably the ugliest batting style in cricket history in any format. I am not trolling. Being serious ugliest defense ugliest bst swing. Fall. I have seen guys like jack Russell lol
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Is Rizwan relevant to this thread? FYI he is a keeper, let me know when tulla SKY can start keeping before you compare. SKY is an utter failure against Pak and Rizwan has won 2 matches off his bat vs India. So zip it.
 
Abhishek needs to be dropped if we reach the semifinal.
He is clearly short of confidence and not the same person he was before that viral fever.
 
Everyone going after Sharma need to calm down. He has had such insane highs, he needs to also learn to calm down. Which he already shows signs of doing. He is backed by SKY and that's all that matters.
 
pillionrider said:
Everyone going after Sharma need to calm down. He has had such insane highs, he needs to also learn to calm down. Which he already shows signs of doing. He is backed by SKY and that's all that matters.
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Agreed, I may have been harsh, but he definitely needed more chances, he has just started his career.
I am just worrying about the semifinals and finals.
 
His whole mindset is messed up. Even agianst zimbabwe struggled to time. SOmehow got 50. Even hwere he missed an absolute rubbish half tracker
 
He’s only good for posting feminine content on Instagram. Not a serious cricketer.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Idiots for some reason did not include Jaiswal in this set up. Imagine Jaiswal part of being 2024 world cup T20 squad not this squad
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We already have three openers, so what is the point of selecting another opener like Jaiswal?
Only Sundar looks like an unnecessary pick in the squad. We could have picked Reddy instead of him.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
We already have three openers, so what is the point of selecting another opener like Jaiswal?
Only Sundar looks like an unnecessary pick in the squad. We could have picked Reddy instead of him.
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No Reddy. Or Shreyas Iyer. These guys are gun fielders too. If you want to call a sub these guys would do a fabulous job.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
The tussle between Iyer and Gambhir is most likely he is out. WHen Agarkar was asked why Iyer was not included. He angrily yelled "Where will you play him"
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Yes Iyer should have been in 15 atleast. Don't know what is the issue between him & Gambhir. Shreyas is a vice captain of ODI team & doesn't play T20 when he has led KKR to victory in 2024 & Punjab to runners-up in 2025.
 
Abhishek will comeback. His first ICC tournament & slow wickets haven't helped.

Need to spend time at the crease just like Samson yesterday, runs will come eventually.
 
harshjoshi87 said:
Abhishek will comeback. His first ICC tournament & slow wickets haven't helped.

Need to spend time at the crease just like Samson yesterday, runs will come eventually.
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Getting out to either lulloo bowlers or lullo balls. SO it is the confidence thing after his wellness. Failed against tulla sides who he would eat alive otherwise.
 
harshjoshi87 said:
Need to spend time at the crease just like Samson yesterday, runs will come eventually.
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For spending time at crease, he gotta have a decent batting technique like Samson which I doubt he has.

PS: On topic, won't drop him for all important SF.
 
Abhishek presently has issues with reading the match situation and/ or is letting his nervousness get to him.

Yesterday against WI he attempted a wild shot in the last ball of the over in which we had already scored 17 (seventeen!)

Against Pakistan, from ball one he was swinging blindly regardless of line or length.

I am not yet willing to believe he is just a wild slogger. That still head, those clean strikes, that bat swing…

Needs more game awareness and maturity.
 
He is not in his prime yet
Needs little bit polish otherwise a v good prospect for them
 
MP2011 said:
For spending time at crease, he gotta have a decent batting technique like Samson which I doubt he has.

PS: On topic, won't drop him for all important SF.
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Slow wickets in this tournament is one of reasons for his lackluster show. Plus those 3 ducks are playing on his mind.

Need to back him now or else drop him, let Kishan open, Surya can come up at 3 with Rinku at 4.
 
harshjoshi87 said:
Slow wickets in this tournament is one of reasons for his lackluster show. Plus those 3 ducks are playing on his mind.

Need to back him now or else drop him, let Kishan open, Surya can come up at 3 with Rinku at 4.
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His strike rate against spin in this world cup is around 90 against pace 170 or something. So spin has undone him which is kinda unusual given that his original USP was spin bashing.
 
Shastri, Ponting urge faith in under-pressure India batter

Despite a lean run at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, both Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting have thrown their weight behind Abhishek Sharma, backing the opener to deliver when it matters most.

Speaking to Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review, Shastri stressed that any decision regarding his place in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2026 against England must first be based on the left-hand batter’s mental space.

"Unless the team management realises that, mentally he's not there. If mentally, his mindset has taken a beating, it's for them to judge from the outside, in conversations with him, just seeing the way he's batting in the nets," the former India head coach said.

Abhishek’s numbers in this tournament – 80 runs in six matches at an average of 13.33, with a highest score of 55 and a strike rate of 131.14 – reflect the struggle. But Ponting too believes the batter’s attacking instinct should be trusted.

"He's obviously not made the runs that any of us expected,” Ponting stated. “I had him down as the leading run scorer and possibly the player of the tournament going back about a month ago. That hasn't happened yet, but I would agree with Ravi. I would stick with him."

Shastri outlined the only scenario in which he would consider a tweak to the batting order, where Ishan Kishan, who has had a strong tournament himself with 224 runs from seven games, would move up the order.

"If that's the case, then and only then will I think of putting Ishan Kishan up the order and then probably Rinku Singh bringing him, at the bottom,” he added.

“That could be the only change, but I would still persist with him because last time India played England, he had a terrific series against them."

Though the 25-year-old was dismissed for a golden duck in India’s tournament opener against the USA, Abhishek’s previous outing at the Wankhede stadium yielded a 54-ball 135 at a strike rate of 250. And the team on the receiving end was none other than their semi-final opponent England.

Sanju Samson was the star of the show as India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, edging past West Indies. ICC Digital Insider Sanjana Ganesan and former India head coach Ravi Shastri dissect.

"I won't take that away at the Wankhede,” Shastri said. “He's done well in the past. He's got some big hundreds there and very quick hundreds. I'll persist with him because there's enough firepower in that batting."

Ponting emphasised the impact Abhishek can have on his day, while also highlighting India’s enviable depth, in case he doesn’t.

In Abhishek’s slump, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Kishan, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya have all contributed with over 150 runs in the tournament to their name.

"We know on his day, he's an out-and-out match-winner,” Ponting said. “But that's the hard thing with this Indian side as well. And if you were to leave him out and you bring Rinku in, then you've got another match-winner coming into your side as well.

"I like the look of their top order the other day, the way that it was left-hand, right-hand openers, Kishan in at number three, who's a very dangerous player in himself. I'd be keeping a really close eye on the way Abhishek's going about his training."

Ponting suggested a mental reset could unlock something special for the dazzling batter.

“Sometimes, when you're going through a bit of a slump like that, it's not always best just to go into the nets every day and bat for an hour and a half.

“Sometimes it's better off to let these guys just have a couple of days away, like mentally freshen up. The skills don't go anywhere. You don't lose your skills,” Ponting noted.

"But in a tournament like this, when you're consistently and constantly under pressure and the results aren't coming, sometimes just leaving your bag zipped up, turning up the training, getting a little bit of bowling done, getting your fielding done, but not actually batting and almost starving yourself of going back into the nets.

“I think Abhishek's got something up his sleeve for the semi-final."

Defending champions India and England will be eyeing a place in the final when they take on each other on 5 March at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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When India entered the world cup Abhishek was the biggest weapon for India. Buttler wasthe biggest weapon for England. Both not firing. Still found resources to bail them out. Will these two find form at the right time? Let us wait and see
 
He has a great support system and mentors. Team management likes him be it at his IPL franchise or Indian cricket team. He has a good commercial brand value appeal. On top
of that he is not some IPL product, he was part of the U-19 team with Gill, Shaw etc , he was a bowler who could bat.

Constantly evolved his game to get to here where everyone in cricket world is talking about him.

So I see this as a minor blip. He is not going to be some one season wonder despite poor returns this tournament. Too much riding on him so won’t go waste .
 
This man's failures have come not for having a poor technique, but for being over-ambitious. He sees a SR of 200 as something normal and sustainable irrespective of the pitch or conditions. Not very smart long-term.
 
Aamir calling Abhishek unidimensional player...

Right or wrong?
 
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