Abhishek Sharma looked a complete flop for India in the league stage of T20 World Cup 2026. Abhishek, who came to open, played three matches and in all three matches he returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Now the question is arising whether Abhishek will be dropped from India’s playing 11 in Super-8?
Apart from Abhishek, India has an option for opening in the form of Sanju Samson. However, Sanju has also got a chance in the tournament, in which he could not do much. But the thing to note is that Samson’s poor performance was better than Abhishek.
Abhishek flopped badly, even Sanju could not do anything special
See, Abhishek has returned to the pavilion in all three matches without opening his account. This is Abhishek’s first T20 World Cup, in which he has not been able to open an account yet. Whereas Sanju got a chance in the absence of Abhishek in the match against Namibia. In that match, Sanju was out after scoring only 22 runs. In such a situation, Suryakumar Yadav has a chance to make changes in the playing 11, but Sanju’s form cannot be trusted too much.
Will Sanju replace Abhishek?
The main question is whether Sanju Samson will replace Abhishek Sharma from the playing 11 in the first match against South Africa in the Super-8? Look, at the moment no concrete answer has been found to this, but it seems that Sanju can be given another chance.
It is noteworthy that India’s match against Africa in Super-8 will be held on Sunday, February 22 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
India’s probable playing 11 in the match against Africa
Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.
