Abhishek Sharma, IND vs ZIM Super-8: Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma has looked a flop so far in the T20 World Cup 2026. Abhishek, who was out on a duck in the first three matches, opened his account in the fourth match, but he was out after scoring only 15 runs. Now the question started arising, will Abhishek be dropped from the playing 11 after flopping in four consecutive matches?
Abhishek had played an innings of 15 runs in the Super-8 match played against South Africa, after which it seems that now Abhishek can be dropped from the playing 11 and Sanju Samson can be given a chance.
Next match against Zimbabwe
Let us tell you that Team India has to play its next match against Zimbabwe on Thursday, 26 February. In this match, captain Suryakumar Yadav can make changes in the playing 11 and give a chance to Sanju Samson at the opening.
Sanju has got a chance to play one match in the tournament so far. He played this match against Namibia, in which he scored 22 runs. However, the thing to note is that Sanju is also not in very good form. But Sanju’s form is looking better than Abhishek. Now it will be interesting to see whether there is a change in India’s playing 11 in the match against Zimbabwe or not.
Hope of semi-finals ends after losing one match
After losing the first match against South Africa in the Super-8, Team India is in danger of being out of the race for the semi-finals. Now if the Men in Blue lose even one of the remaining two matches, then it will be almost impossible to reach the semi-finals.
India’s probable playing 11 against Zimbabwe
Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.
