'Has become star in short time': Ex cricketer blasts Abhishek before semifinal

Abhishek Sharma’s signifier has travel nether scrutiny up of India’s T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal against England, with erstwhile cricketers Manoj Tiwary and Irfan Pathan raising concerns astir his attack and technique. The opener has struggled for consistency successful the tourney and failed to marque an interaction successful the Super 8 lucifer against West Indies.Abhishek has scored 80 runs successful six matches truthful far, including 1 half-century against Zimbabwe. He registered 3 consecutive ducks against the USA, Pakistan and the Netherlands, earlier making 15 disconnected 12 balls against South Africa. In the must-win Super 8 lucifer against West Indies, helium was dismissed for 10 disconnected 11 balls and besides dropped 2 catches.Speaking connected Cricbuzz, Tiwary criticised Abhishek’s attack astatine the crease.

"When you don't enactment a terms connected your wicket, past you volition play escaped shots similar that," Tiwary said."Abhishek has already go a prima successful specified a abbreviated time, but if helium wants to beryllium a superstar, helium has to triumph games for the team. There is truthful overmuch competition, truthful galore lucifer winners, truthful helium has to beryllium up of them," helium added. "Today (Sunday against West Indies), it was a bully accidental for him. He dropped 2 catches arsenic well. He has to cultivate the mindset wherever helium has to determine which balls to spell for and which not," Tiwary further said.

Irfan Pathan besides spoke astir a method facet of Abhishek’s batting and suggested changes."One interest is Abhishek Sharma's signifier again. After scoring that fifty, it felt similar helium would proceed making runs, but erstwhile helium went for that shot, his backmost genu was bent excessively much, and his assemblage value was falling backwards."Ideally, much value should person been connected the beforehand foot, arsenic that suits him better. He volition request to wage attraction to that," Pathan said connected his YouTube channel.India are scheduled to look England successful the 2nd semifinal successful Mumbai connected March 5.