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Abhishek Sharma found relief and regained form with a crucial 55 against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup after a lean patch. His innings showcased mental maturity and a return to his aggressive style, reassuring teammates and coaches. Legend Sanath Jayasuriya lauded his game-changing potential and emphasized the importance of team backing for such high-risk players.
There are times when relief can be more liberating than euphoria. Since the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup began, Abhishek Sharma has needed two things. Runs under the belt and for the whole world to stop worrying about him. Those who matter the most: Abhishek’s teammates, his coach, his mentor … all of them knew that it was only a matter of time before normal service resumed.
There was very little technically wrong with Abhishek. It was not as though his bat swing was suddenly coming from a different place or that his stance had changed — something that can happen when you play a lot of cricket back-to-back. Bad habits can then creep in, and there may not be enough time or space to go back to the drawing board and address them.
But, Abhishek, if anything, came into the World Cup on top of his game. There was a freakishness about his run — scoring at a strike rate of 200, which is usually a recipe for inconsistency. But, somehow, he managed to keep making tall scores even while never dropping pace
This is what made him such an integral part of India’s new T20 plan, which was built on racing off the blocks and never slowing down, even when wickets fell. But, with the starts not coming, India suddenly looked vulnerable once more. They need not have worried.
Against Zimbabwe, Abhishek showed he has the mental maturity to pick himself up and make the subtle shifts needed. After a horror run of 0, 0, 0 and 15, Abhishek smacked 55. What was obvious in his innings was that he looked to play straight, or in the vee back past the bowler. As many as 37 of his runs came in that arc, and this included his four sixes.
When Abhishek is batting like this, he is a captain’s dream. Suryakumar Yadav has maintained that there was no concern around Abhishek’s lack of runs, but one wasn’t sure how much of that was bluster. To gauge just how valuable a player is, we went to the OG left-hand opening batsman who took on the bowling with no strings attached.
“It’s an advantage when you have a player like him. He can change a game within a matter of a few overs, and I would love to have someone like him in a team I coach,” Sanath Jayasuriya told the ET Sport.
“He has been very impressive. When you play such a high-risk game, consistency becomes a problem, but he has produced match winning scores regularly. He has been a good find for India.”
Jayasuriya remembers when he was unleashed on the opposition all those years ago. “It is important that your team management keeps backing you when you bat like that. In my case, people such as Duleep Mendis and Dav What more gave me the assurance in the early days that I would not be dropped if I was dismissed for low scores,” said Jayasuriya.
“Obviously, Arjuna [Ranatunga] identified a few of us who came from outside Colombo and backed us to the hilt.”
Just as Abhishek was told that all he needed to do was be fearless and express himself, Jayasuriya was given the green light to attack mercilessly.
“My instructions were clear: go after the bowling from ball one. It helped that field restrictions were there in the first 15 overs when I started,” he said. “You can easily pick gaps. But with certain guys, it wasn’t easy even when field restrictions were on. Someone like Wasim Akram, for example, had the skill set and was very intelligent too. Wasim never had an off day. So, with bowlers like him, you had to be a bit cautious.”
There is a lesson in this for Abhishek. While there may be no Akrams around the traps in cricket today, bowlers have developed precise plans for opposition batsmen and execute them with precision. In that sense, the honeymoon period is already over, even with Abhishek being only 43 matches old in international cricket.
“For young batters, the easiest period is your first two years or so. As time passes, teams will analyse Abhishek and come up with counter moves,” said Jayasuriya. “It is important that he believes in his strength.”
If the belief wavered, it came rushing back with Abhishek’s first World Cup half-century. The stage is now well and truly set for him to explode and test the boundaries of what is possible.
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