Overview:
There is still a long way to go, and Abhishek will undoubtedly make his performance count in the global tournament.
India’s in-form batter Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a duck on his T20 World Cup debut. The southpaw tried to play a big shot on USA pacer Ali Khan’s delivery but was caught in the deep. Captain Monank Patel kept a fielder in the deep cover, knowing Abhishek’s habit of targeting the area early in his innings, and the ball went straight to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, who made no mistake.
The fans at the Wankhede Stadium were stunned by the setback, and the dejected Abhishek returned to the dressing room.
He is the No.1 batter in the T20I Rankings for Batters and has been dealing in fours and sixes for a long time. In the previous series against New Zealand, Sharma was unstoppable and punished the rivals. There is still a long way to go, and Abhishek will undoubtedly make his performance count in the global tournament.
Meanwhile, Monank won the toss and elected to bowl first. Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the contest as he is unwell and was replaced by Mohammed Siraj.
Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy
USA: Saiteja Mukkamalla, Andries Gous (wk), Monank Patel (capt), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan