Abhishek Sharma has completely failed on Zimbabwe tourImage Credit source: PTI
Abhishek Sharma’s Failure in T20I: The bat of Indian team’s young opener Abhishek Sharma has suddenly become silent. After ups and downs in the tour of Ireland and England, Abhishek failed for the second consecutive match on the tour of Zimbabwe. Abhishek, who was out for only 1 run in the first match played in Harare, could score only 8 runs in the second match and was out in the second over itself. Due to this, like Sanju Samson, his place in the playing-11 has also come under question.
Team India came out to bat first in the second match of the T20 series in Harare on Saturday 25th July. this time Abhishek Sharma Raised hopes of a fast start by hitting 2 fours in the first over itself. In fact, in the last match, he remained on the field for 8 balls but was out after scoring only 1 run. In such a situation, this time his start looked strong. But then his start also came to an end in the second over.
Out early again, failed for the 5th time in a row
Abhishek played a cut shot on the ball of Zimbabwean fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani but was caught straight into the hands of the point fielder, who did not make any mistake. With this, Abhishek’s innings of 8 runs in 8 balls ended. His bat remained silent in both the matches of the series and till now he has been able to score only 9 runs while facing 16 balls. But not only these two innings, but this is the fifth consecutive innings in which Abhishek Sharma has not been able to leave any impact.
It started with the T20 series against England, when in the last 3 matches his bat did not score as many runs as was expected. In the last 3 matches against England, Abhishek’s scores were 10, 16 and 3 runs. In this way, now he has failed in 5 consecutive innings, due to which questions will be raised on his place in the playing-11 and once again the demand for Sanju Samson’s inclusion back will increase.
Only one bowler is causing trouble
This tour has also proved to be disappointing for Abhishek because he has been out against the same bowler in both the matches. Blessing Muzarabani, who was about 6 feet 8 inches tall, took his wickets in both the innings. But not only these two innings, but whenever Abhishek and Muzarabani have faced each other, the Indian batsman has had to face problems. In T20 International, Abhishek has so far faced 21 balls from Muzarabani and in this he has been able to score only 8 runs, while his wicket has fallen 3 times. This means that in the next match, Abhishek will not only have to score runs but will also have to perform well against this bowler.
