A shameful record has been added to the name of Abhishek Sharma in the T20 World Cup. He could not even open his account in the match against Pakistan on 15 February. Abhishek’s name has been added to the list of players who have been out without scoring any runs in their first 2 T20 matches. He is the third cricketer in the world and second cricketer from India, who could not even open his account in his first two T20 World Cup matches.

Abhishek Sharma is the third batsman in the world who did not score any runs in his first two T20 World Cup matches. Before him, this had happened with Ashish Nehra of India and Imrul Kayes of Bangladesh. Ashish Nehra and Imrul Kayes could not even score any runs in their T20 World Cup. Even Abhishek has not been able to do this till now.

Abhishek Sharma played his first T20 World Cup match with USA, in which he was out on the very first ball of his innings. After that, due to illness he could not play in the match with Namibia. After that he returned in the match against Pakistan, but here he was out in 4 balls without opening the account.

Abhishek Sharma vs Pakistan

In the first two T20 matches against Pakistan, Abhishek had scored 105 runs at an excellent average of 52.50. But in 4 innings now he has 110 runs in his name against Pakistan team. His average against Pakistan has fallen to 27.5. In the last 5 T20 innings, Abhishek Sharma has been able to score only 98 runs and has been out three times without opening the account.

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Abhishek Sharma did not play in Team India’s second match in the T20 World Cup 2026, because his health deteriorated after reaching Delhi. After being diagnosed with stomach infection, he remained hospitalized for 2 days. Although he was with the Indian team in the match against Namibia, it was visible from his face that he was not completely healthy. India’s next match is with Pakistan. Before this big match, Abhishek himself gave an update about his health.

Abhishek Sharma had attended the party organized at head coach Gautam Gambhir’s house in Delhi, but he left the party early. According to the report, it was at the party itself that he felt that he was not well. Later she was diagnosed with stomach infection and she was admitted to the hospital. On 11 February, he was discharged from the hospital and rejoined the team, but did not play in the match against Namibia. Now the big question is whether he will play in the match against Pakistan? Earlier, Abhishek told that he is fine now, but his weight has reduced a little.

Abhishek Sharma’s weight loss

This video of Arshdeep Singh and Abhishek Sharma is going viral, in which Arshdeep is asking him about his health. On this Abhishek told that everything is fine. After this Arshdeep asked have you become thin? So Abhishek said yes, everything is fine but I lost some weight.

Update on Abhishek Sharma by Arshdeep Singh, good to know he’s doing good pic.twitter.com/MbvOzMChmg

— (@ManishSRH) February 12, 2026

Will Abhishek Sharma be able to play the match against Pakistan?

Right now the situation is not clear whether Abhishek will play in this big match or not. It is also reported that Abhishek had fallen ill even before the match against USA. Let us tell you that in this match, Abhishek was out on his very first ball. The good thing is that he was seen practicing before the match in Delhi. Captain Surya said in his recent statement regarding him that he is not completely well right now. It is clear from this that BCCI will not be in any hurry regarding Abhishek’s return.