Abhishek Sharma was out on 0 for the second consecutive matchImage Credit source: Getty Images

The Indian player on whom most eyes were on before the start of T20 World Cup 2026 and who was being discussed the most before the match against Pakistan, this tournament and this match did not prove to be good for him. This player is Team India's young opener Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek, who has been giving sleepless nights to the bowlers for the last one and a half years with his explosive batting, was considered to be the biggest weapon of Indian batting in the World Cup. But the start of the tournament was not good for him and even against Pakistan, Abhishek Sharma was out without opening the account.

After losing the toss in this Group A match on Sunday 15 February at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Indian team Came out to bat first. For this match, Team India had made two changes in the playing-11, one of which was the return of Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek Sharma, who did not play against Namibia due to illness, was returned to his opening position, where Sanju Samson had to vacate his place.

Abhishek was out in the first over

In such a situation, all eyes were on Abhishek. Even before the match, he was continuously in the center of discussion. But his return was not good. Abhishek, who came to open with Ishan Kishan, came on strike on the third ball of the first over. In front of him was Pakistani captain Salman Aga, who was bowling off break. Abhishek did not get a single run in the first 3 balls. Due to this, he played a shot in the air on the last ball of the over but he could not make it cross the 30 yard circle. The fielder took the catch at mid-on and thus Abhishek was out without opening the account in 4 balls.

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Account not opened yet in World Cup

In this way, Abhishek has failed to open his account in the T20 World Cup. Earlier in the match against USA also, he was out on 0. Not only this, this year has not been very good so far for Abhishek, who has played many explosive innings in his short career. This was the fourth time in 7 innings since the T20 series against New Zealand, when he has been out on 0. He could not open his account twice in the New Zealand series and now in the World Cup also he could not score runs in both the innings.

Not only this, he has now reached the second position among the Indian batsmen who have been out on 0 for the most number of times in T20 International in a calendar year. He has been out like this 4 times this year. In this matter, he left behind Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan and Suryakumar Yadav, who had returned to the pavilion on zero 3-3 times. Ahead of Abhishek in this matter is only Sanju Samson, who could not open the account 5 times in 2024.