'Phone pakad, social media hata': Abhishek Sharma reveals tough advice from Surya, Gambhir, Pandya

NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma did not expect to statesman the T20 World Cup 2026 the mode helium had planned, dreamt and desired. The swashbuckling opener, known for his blistering batting and precocious onslaught complaint portion pummelling bowlers each implicit the park, endured a nightmare commencement to the tournament.

Abhishek was retired for a duck successful India’s opening lucifer against the USA and past failed to people again successful the adjacent lucifer against arch-rivals Pakistan.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!He was erstwhile again fixed a accidental by the squad absorption successful the 3rd lucifer against the Netherlands, but it was the aforesaid communicative for Abhishek — a 3rd consecutive duck.

The disappointment, deficiency of assurance and hunger to people were intelligibly disposable connected Abhishek’s face. That was erstwhile skipper Suryakumar Yadav and caput manager Gautam Gambhir stepped successful to enactment the youngster during his pugnacious phase.

Abhishek has present revealed the extremist proposal helium received from Gambhir and Surya during his darkest signifier successful the precocious concluded T20 World Cup 2026.Speaking astatine the India Today Conclave, Abhishek admitted that aft his 2nd consecutive duck successful the tournament, helium was adjacent to an affectional breakdown.“Slowly you get utilized to it. But it does consciousness atrocious (when determination is criticism). That is going to hap successful India due to the fact that radical person a batch of expectations from you. After I scored 3 ducks, Surya, GG sir and

Hardik Pandya

came to maine and said, ‘Phone pakad, societal media hata abhi ke abhi [take your telephone and uninstall societal media close now]'," Abhishek said.

“That was the archetypal happening I did aft my 2nd zero. That really helped maine a bit. I was getting a batch of suggestions and comments from people. That’s however a cricketer’s beingness is. You person to perceive and you volition beryllium criticised. All you tin bash is perceive and ignore. That is due to the fact that they person a batch of expectations from you. Sometimes you present and sometimes you don’t. I expected this.”After scoring 3 ducks successful a row, Abhishek yet returned among the runs with 15 against South Africa.

He soon regained his rhythm, scoring 55 against Zimbabwe and looking adjacent to his fluent best.However, helium erstwhile again struggled against England, managing conscionable 9 runs.All eyes were connected him successful the rubric clash. This time, however, Abhishek had different plans. He smashed New Zealand bowlers each implicit the parkland successful the final, scoring a blistering 52 disconnected conscionable 21 balls and stitching a 98-run opening concern with Sanju Samson to laic a coagulated instauration for India.India went connected to station a monolithic 255/5 successful their allotted 20 overs earlier bowling New Zealand retired for 159 to triumph the T20 World Cup 2026 title.It was India’s 3rd T20 World Cup triumph, having antecedently lifted the trophy successful 2007 and 2024.