The Indian cricket team is on the verge of being out of the 2026 T20 World Cup. On the basis of the remaining matches, speculation has started that West Indies and South Africa will make it to the last-4 from Team India’s group. Talking about the points table, West Indies and South Africa seem to be in a much better position for the semi-finals than India. But who brought Team India to this situation, one of them is the name of batsman Tilak Verma.
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma has played the biggest role in bringing Team India to this stage. When the team does not get a good start, then where will the rest of the batsmen get the confidence to score big. Only 15 runs in 4 innings of T20 World Cup, which also includes a hat-trick of being out on ‘zero’. Abhishek not getting a good start has also proved to be a major reason for Team India coming into this situation.
Tilak Verma
This is the same Tilak Verma, who led India to victory by playing a fighting inning of 69 runs in the final of Asia Cup 2025. Now his strike rate in the 2026 T20 World Cup is around 119, he has scored only 107 runs in five innings, in which not a single half-century or century has come. If Abhishek was not able to do so, Tilak should have taken the responsibility, he has proved unsuccessful in this role also. Tilak’s average in this World Cup has been only 21.40.
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Washington Sundar got the opportunity to play the first match of Super-8 after coming back from injury. Team India management must have given him a chance with confidence in a big match like Super-8, which he could not capitalize on at all. Vice-captain Akshar Patel was sitting outside, so Sundar came to bat at number 5 and could score only 11 runs, while not taking a single wicket in the bowling.
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