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Ind vs Pak : Indian star Abhishek Sharma will play against Pakistan in the much awaited T20 World Cup match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed on Saturday.
Calcutta : India star Abhishek Sharma will play against Pakistan in the much-awaited T20 World Cup match, India captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed on Saturday. Abhishek made the golden call in India’s first World Cup match against USA. He had to be admitted to the hospital due to a stomach infection. As a result, he could not play the previous match against Namibia.
During the toss for the Namibia match, Suryakumar hinted that Abhishek might miss one or two matches. As a result, there was uncertainty about his game against Pakistan. However, a day before this very important match, Suryakumar confirmed that Abhishek is ready to play the Pak match.
“Abhishek Sharma will play tomorrow,” India captain Suryakumar Yadav said at the pre-match press conference. Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha expressed hope that Abhishek R. Get fit to play against them at the Premadasa Stadium!
He said, “I really hope he recovers. We all know he is a good cricketer. We hope he plays tomorrow. Because we want to play against the best team in India”.
Responding to Salman Ali Agha’s comment, Suryakumar replied with a light smile, “If Salman Ali Agha wants us to play Abhishek Sharma tomorrow, then we will play him. He will.”
Abhishek made his T20 debut after India’s 2024 World Cup title. Scored 1,297 runs in 38 matches and 37 innings at an average of 37.05 and a strike rate of 194.74. Among them are two centuries, eight fifties and a top score of 135.
He made his name as the world’s leading T20 batsman in this year’s T20 World Cup. In three matches against Pakistan, he scored 110 runs at an average of 36.66 and a strike rate of 189.65, with a maximum innings of 74.
So far, India’s batting has faced challenges in the T20 World Cup 2026. Despite the two wins, India’s middle-order has struggled against USA and Namibia. On this, Suryakumar Yadav said, “We had a bit of a scrappy start, there’s no getting away from that. No excuses. But I’ll say we started well, stumbled a bit, then covered it up. That’s the beauty of T20 cricket.”
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