In the second T20 against Australia, the Indian team, batting first, collapsed for 125 runs, a major reason for this was the fall of 4 wickets in the powerplay. Josh Hazlewood alone took 3 wickets in the powerplay, who gave only 13 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Australia won this match by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. When Abhishek Sharma, who came to the press conference after the match, came to know that Hazlewood will no longer play in this series, he was shocked.

Except Abhishek Sharma and Harshit Rana, no other Indian batsman could touch double figures in the second T20. While every batsman seemed to be in trouble against the Australian bowlers, Abhishek was scoring runs at a strike rate close to 200. Abhishek scored 68 runs in 37 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes.

Regarding Josh Hazlewood, Abhishek Sharma said in the press conference after the match, “I have been watching him since the ODI series, I knew that he would challenge us. The way he was bowling today, it was difficult to play in front of him. I wanted to dominate him, but he had his own plans which he was adopting well. For me too, this Spain in front of him was new.”

Josh Hazlewood will not play the next 3 matches

Meanwhile, when the journalist informed him that Josh Hazlewood will not play in the next 3 T20s against India, he was shocked and said, “Is it so? I don’t know but if it is so then it will be a relief. I know that he is a bowler of all three formats. As a batsman, you have to learn to face the best bowlers of the world and this is what I am trying to do.”

Abhishek Sharma got absolute donuts out of Travis Head, but his reaction to finding out Josh Hazlewood wasn’t playing the rest of this series was priceless #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/mMaz0fAnQN

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 31, 2025

Josh Hazlewood was kept from playing the first 2 matches of the T20 series. The first match was canceled due to rain, Australia won the second match by 4 wickets. Hazlewood will now be busy preparing for the Ashes series. India vs Australia 3rd T20 will be played on Sunday, November 2 at Bellerive Oval.

In the Asia Cup 2025 Super-4, Suryakumar Yadav won the toss against Pakistan and decided to bowl first. The first over brought Hardik Pandya, he made a good opportunity but Abhishek Sharma lost it. This life was found by Sahibzada Farhan, who wanted to kill this ball somewhere but the ball went towards thirdman. Abhishek was standing there, he ran and reached the ball but could not catch the catch. Farhan got life on zero.

Abhishek Sharma left this catch on the third ball of the first over by Hardik Pandya. Waving in the air, this ball was going outward, batsman Sahibzada wanted to hit a big shot but the ball could not connect well with the bat and went towards thirdman. The ball was in the air for a long time, Abhishek Sharma also ran and reached the ball, he tried a catch by diving further but could not catch the catch.

Video of catch left from Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek sharma drops a catch of sahibzada farhan in super fours of asia cup 2025. #Asiacup2025 #INDVPAK pic.twitter.com/dd96kd5cus

– ICC Asia Cricket (@iccasiaCrick) September 21, 2025

Kuldeep Yadav also left an easy catch

In the powerplay, Kuldeep Yadav also left an easy catch. Saim Ayub wanted to hit a big shot but the ball was just high. There was an easy catch for Kuldeep Yadav standing on the short fine leg, which shook him. Pakistan started well in this match, in the powerplay, the team scored 55 runs losing 1 wicket. Sahibzada Farhan scored 29 runs in the powerplay.

India’s playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicket -keeper), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

Pakistan’s playing 11

Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Jaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicket -keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.