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"Proud moment": Abhishek Sharma's father hails son's role in India's T20WC
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Abhishek, who had struggled for form during the early stages of the T20 World Cup 2026 campaign and registered three consecutive ducks, delivered a crucial performance in the final.
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Abhishek Sharma ends slump with roaring, record-breaking fifty in T20WC fi
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Prior to the high-stakes final at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, Abhishek had failed to live up his world number one ranked billing except for a half-century against Zimbabwe in the Super Eights. Starting off the tournament with three successive ducks and a struggle with food poisoning,
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Ashwin calls out Abhishek's "headless batting" as star opener's T20WC slum
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Abhishek's the world's number one batter has failed to score runs in his free-flowing way during the T20 World Cup, with health issues due to food poisoning and the weight of three successive ducks to start off the tournament seemingly eating into his batting rhythm and confidence. During th
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Revisit "feel good moments", start from zero: Morkel's mantra for struggli
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The world number one T20I batter has struggled for runs throughout the tournament, starting off with three successive ducks and a battle with food poisoning during the group stage, which caused him to miss the Namibia clash in Delhi. His first runs against South Africa were a sluggish 15 in
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"If mentally, his mindset has taken a beating...": Shastri on Abhishek's p
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Big tournaments are not always a bed of roses irrespective of runs, rankings and superstar status all the time, and Abhishek's run in this tournament has proven it. Starting the tournament with three successive ducks and sitting out against Namibia due to food poisoning, Abhishek's first run
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"He's got something up his sleeve for semifinal": Ponting backs struggling
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
As far as India's top order is concerned, this ongoing T20 World Cup has been an unexpected ride. The world number one in T20Is, Abhishek, started off the tournament with three ducks in a row, battling food poisoning that kept him out of the clash against Namibia in the group stage. His firs
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"Pretty sure he's going to deliver": Morkel backs Abhishek amid brief form
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The world's number one T20I batter has not been able to buy himself a run in the three innings he has played so far against USA, Pakistan and Netherlands, playing the latter two matches after a battle with a stomach infection that put him in the hospital and reportedly led to him losing a co
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"We don't unnecessarily overanalyse...": Batting coach on Abhishek's two d
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
It has been a rocky start for the world's number one ranked T20I batter as Abhishek got out for a duck in two matches he played against USA and arch-rivals Pakistan. In between these two matches, he faced a stomach infection which led to him getting hospitalised and reportedly losing weight,
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Asian waterbird census: Nearly 12,645 birds spotted in Odisha's Chandaka W
Updated : 4 months ago IST
As per the Asian waterbird census, nearly 12,645 birds have been spotted during winter at Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha, officials said on Tuesday.
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Virat Kohli in 2025: Iconic Indian batter dominates white-ball cricket rec
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The first image in 2025 for Virat and his fans was him helplessly nicking an outside off-stump delivery by Scott Boland to Steve Smith in slips as he concluded a disastrous Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), slapping his thigh and cussing himself for time and again falling to the 'corridor of unc
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"I told selectors to drop me after four ducks": Murali Vijay recalls his e
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
However, his start was rocky, with four ducks in the under-22s, making him doubt his abilities. Vijay even asked selectors to drop him, feeling the professional level was too high for him.
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"Why is Virat celebrating like that...": Ashwin on superstar batter's anim
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
After two successive ducks in Australia on his return to international cricket in November after the Champions Trophy win, Virat looks in some seriously incredible touch, having notched a classy 74* at Sydney during a dead rubber and following it with two back-to-back centuries against South
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