Abhishek Sharma has not been able to live up to his name in the T20 World Cup 2026. However, his bat can play in the semi-final match against England and the reason for this is his unmatched record at Wankhede. This is the same ground where Abhishek Sharma had played a stormy inning of 135 runs last year. This is Abhishek Sharma’s best score in T20 International and he had hit 13 sixes in this innings. The amazing thing is that Abhishek Sharma played this innings against England only.
Abhishek Sharma has a big chance to return to form
Abhishek Sharma played the match on February 2, 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, in which the left-handed player batted stormily and scored a century in just 37 balls. This century of Abhishek is the second fastest T20 century for India. Abhishek had taken serious notice of England’s bowlers in this match. He had thrashed bowlers like Joffra Archer, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid. These three bowlers are also going to face Team India in the semi-finals of the current T20 World Cup.
0’s journey started from Wankhede itself.
However, Abhishek Sharma’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup 2026 also started from Wankhede Stadium itself. In the first match against USA, Abhishek Sharma was out without opening the account. After this he was out on 0 three consecutive times. His account was not opened against Pakistan-Netherlands. He scored only 15 runs against South Africa. Abhishek definitely played an inning of 55 runs against Zimbabwe but in the match against West Indies he could score only 10 runs. Now it remains to be seen what wonder Abhishek Sharma shows in the semi-finals.
There will be a tough fight between India and England in the semi-finals
There will be a semi-final match between India and England for the third time in the T20 World Cup. In the year 2022, India lost the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup to England, whereas in 2024, India defeated England in the semi-finals. So far, five knock out matches have been played between the two in the ICC tournament, out of which England has won 3 and India has won 2.