India opener Abhishek Sharma registered an unwanted record as he became the first Indian batter to score two ducks in his first two matches of the T20 World Cup. Abhishek was undone by Salman Agha after he was caught by Shaheen Afridi on the fourth delivery that he faced.
The left-handed batter also failed to open his account against USA in the first match. He missed the second game in New Delhi against Namibia. “Abhishek Sharma comes in and Kuldeep Yadav comes in for Arshdeep Singh,” Surya said at the toss.
Earlier, the left-handed batter was replaced by Sanju Samson in the capital city. “Abhishek (Sharma) is still not fine, he will miss a game or two. Sanju (Samson) comes in, similar batter, explosive. (Jasprit) Bumrah comes in for (Mohammed) Siraj,” captain Suryakumar Yadav said at the toss then.
“Abhishek Sharma is still recovering from his illness and was unavailable for selection. The BCCI medical team is closely monitoring his progress,” the BCCI said.
Earlier, after being put into bat, India put up 175/7 in 20 overs. Ishan Kishan thoroughly dominated the bowling unit and smashed 77 off 40 deliveries. Later, Shivam Dube’s 27 off 17 and Rinku Singh’s 11* off 4 came in handy as India were able to out up a good total on the board.
Saim Ayub returned with figures of 3/25 in 4 overs. Later, Indian bowlers put up a brilliant show and reduced Pakistan to 34/4 in the powerplay overs.
