'If Pakistan captain wants, we'll play him': SKY after Agha's comment on Abhishek

Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha has expressed anticipation that India opener Abhishek Sharma volition beryllium acceptable successful clip for their ICC T20 World Cup showdown, saying his broadside wants to look India astatine afloat strength. Abhishek endured a pugnacious commencement to the tourney with a aureate duck against the USA and past missed the Delhi fixture against Namibia aft being hospitalised with a tummy infection.

Speaking astatine the pre-match property conference, Agha said, “I truly anticipation - we each cognize helium is simply a bully player, and I truly anticipation helium plays time due to the fact that we privation to play against the champion squad they have, and I truly anticipation helium is recovering good and tin play tomorrow.” India’s T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav responded with a light-hearted remark erstwhile asked astir Agha’s comment. “If the (

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’s captain) wants him to play, volition play him (Abhishek Sharma) tomorrow,” helium said. Abhishek, who made his T20I debut aft India’s 2024 World Cup triumph, has been successful outstanding signifier successful the format. In 38 matches and 37 innings, helium has scored 1,297 runs astatine an mean of 37.05 and a striking complaint of 194.74, including 2 centuries and 8 fifties, with a highest people of 135.He came into this year’s T20 World Cup arsenic the world’s top-ranked T20I batter. Against Pakistan, helium has featured successful 3 matches, scoring 110 runs astatine an mean of 36.66 and a onslaught complaint of 189.65, with a champion of 74. India volition instrumentality connected Pakistan connected 15 February astatine the R. Premadasa Stadium successful Colombo.