The Indian team has lost the first match of Super-8. While chasing the target of 188 runs set by South Africa, Team India collapsed for 111 runs. Abhishek Sharma also became one of the main reasons for the defeat of Team India. On one hand, there is the pressure of being out on ‘0’ three times in a row, on the other hand, the pressure of a big match like Super-8. Under this pressure, Abhishek flopped again. If Abhishek had batted intelligently at the right time, perhaps the Indian team’s chances of victory would have increased.

Reason for Abhishek Sharma’s defeat, how?

The pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium is conducive for batting, so South Africa scoring 187 runs was not a surprise. Now the remaining work had to be done by the Indian batsmen.

There was a target of 188 in front, in-form batsman Ishan Kishan got out while trying to play a big shot on the fourth ball of the innings. Next over came, Marco Jansen also dismissed Tilak Verma. Team India had lost 2 wickets for 5 runs. Abhishek had the opportunity to bat in a composed manner and play a sensible innings and get the team out of trouble.

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The score was 5/2, after Tilak was out, as soon as Abhishek Sharma got the next ball, he started swinging the bat. Even when Team India was bowling, it was seen that there was unusual bounce in the pitch, especially Jasprit Bumrah took advantage of this through variations. South African bowlers were also trying to take advantage of the conditions and Abhishek was constantly trying to give away his wicket for free by swinging the bat in the air.

Actually this is what happened. Marco Jansen moved his fingers on the ball and Abhishek’s bat spun. Since Jansen had bowled a slower ball, the timing of Abhishek’s shot went wrong. Now where were the Africans going to leave such a big catch?

Just a few days ago, former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Aamir had addressed Abhishek Sharma as ‘Lappebaaz’. But the Indian opening batsman has proved Aamir’s point right by hitting the shot in an immature manner. After the early dismissals of Tilak and Ishan, Abhishek should have ensured that he along with captain Suryakumar Yadav made a partnership of at least 40-50 runs to get India back in the match.

Former Pakistan player Mohammad Amir had said about Abhishek Sharma that he is just a slugger, this statement was heavily criticized because Abhishek is the world’s number-1 T20 batsman. Abhishek’s bat has not yet played in this tournament, even after 3 innings his account has not been opened yet. Now Aamir gave another statement regarding Abhishek and gave an advice to the Indian batsman.

Abhishek Sharma was out for zero against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. He could not open his account even in the first match of this tournament and was out for zero against Netherlands also. A shameful record has also been registered in Abhishek’s name, he has become the Indian batsman to be out on zero the most number of times in the history of T20 World Cup. He equaled Ashish Nehra. Mohammad Aamir believes that Abhishek wants every ball in his comfort zone. He advised not to try to hit boundaries on every ball.

What did Aamir say about Abhishek Sharma?

Mohammad Aamir on Geo News said, “When Saim Ayub started in the Pakistan Super League some time back, he had the same problem. He had just come to the team and was hitting shots on every ball without looking. No one knew his weakness because most of his shots were on the leg side. In such a situation, if you bowled on the third or fourth stump, he would have faced problems. In his previous matches too, he got out while trying to play on the off side. As long as he improved his off side game, If you don’t improve, he can’t progress. Big bowlers will always see your weakness and bowl outside your comfort zone.”

Aamir further said, “It is the same for Abhishek Sharma. He wants every ball in the slot, so that he can hit it. But at the highest level of cricket, or in ODIs, you cannot bowl every ball. Salman Ali Aga and Aryan Dutt got him out like this. International cricket will expose you.”