Team India’s performance has been consistently good in the T20 World Cup 2026 and it made it to the next round by winning all the matches in the group stage without any major problems. Despite these results, Team India had to face problems on some fronts, which increased the concern of the Indian team. One such concern was the team’s opening partnership, which consistently failed in this World Cup. It was expected that the situation would change in the Super-8 round but it could not happen and for the fourth time in this World Cup, an accident happened with Team India. Yes, for the fourth time in this tournament, one of the openers of Team India failed to open the account.
In the Super-8 round on Sunday 22 February India and South Africa Were face to face. In this clash which took place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, South Africa, batting first, had given a target of 188 runs to Team India. In response to this, when the Indian team came out to bat, all eyes were on Abhishek Sharma. This explosive opener of Team India had to return to the pavilion without opening his account in all three matches. In such a situation, it was expected that this time he would score his first run and Abhishek was successful in it but even before that the team had suffered a big shock.
Ishan Kishan out on 0
While Abhishek Sharma was out on 0 while opening in 3 out of 4 matches of the group stage, this time Ishan Kishan got this blow. South African captain Aiden Markram was bowling to Ishaan, who started the innings with a strike in the first over. Ishaan could not score any runs on the first 3 balls of the over. Then on the fourth ball, he played a high shot but it went straight into the fielder’s hand and Ishaan returned without opening his account for the first time in this World Cup.
This happened for the fourth time in 5 matches
With this, for the fourth time in the current World Cup, an Indian opener was out on the score of 0. Earlier, in the matches with America, Pakistan and Netherlands, Abhishek Sharma was out on 0 while opening the match. There was only one match in this tournament in which both the Indian openers were successful in scoring runs. This match was against Namibia, in which Sanju Samson was playing the responsibility of opening along with Ishaan. Ishaan had scored a half-century in that match, while Sanju had scored 22 runs in just 8 balls.
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