DTVHINDISouth Africa series will be do or die for Abhishek Sharma, former cricketer gave a shocking statement
Abhishek Sharma will open the innings with Sanju Samson in the South Africa series. ABHISHEK SHARMA (Image Credit- Twitter X) After his brilliant performance in IPL 2024, the doors of the Indian team opened for Abhishek Sharma and he made his debut in the Zimbabwe series. After this Abhishek did not look back. So far this young player has played 8 T20I matches and scored 159 runs. He played some good innings in the recently concluded Emerging Asia Cup, but not such that he could not come into the limelight. It is noteworthy that due to Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will not be able to play in the T20 series against South Africa. Therefore, in his absence, Abhishek Sharma will open the innings with Sanju Samson. Meanwhile, while talking about the team combination, Aakash Chopra said that Abhishek Sharma is still yet to make his mark in international cricket. He also says that the upcoming series against South Africa could prove to be “do or die” for Abhishek Sharma, as Jaiswal and Gill will be available for the next T20 series against England. In such a situation, if he fails against South Africa, he will be out of the team. It’s do or die time for Abhishek Sharma – Aakash Chopra Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, I think India has two or three big questions. There will be pressure on Abhishek Sharma and some pressure will also be on Sanju Samson. However, Sanju had scored a century in the last match. Therefore I would not say that there is any pressure on Sanju. He further said that, however, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill will be back, so whenever you get a chance to open, you should score a lot of runs. So it is important for them. This is do or die time for Abhishek Sharma, because after this when England T20 series will be played at home ground, if you do not score runs here then you will definitely be dropped. Let us tell you that Abhishek Sharma had scored a century against Zimbabwe at the beginning of the year, but since then he has been struggling with the bat. In the last four matches he has scored only 49 runs.
“It’s not S**t or Bust yet….”- Jos Buttler makes a big statement ahead of the do or die match against Oman
England are fourth in the Group B points table with one loss and one point from two matches. Jos Buttler (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Defending champions England’s journey in the T20 World Cup 2024 has not been good at all so far. The team’s first match against Scotland was canceled due to rain. In the second match, the team had to face defeat by 36 runs against Australia. England is fourth in the Group-B points table with one loss and one point in two matches. The team is currently on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament. The English team will play its next match against Oman on June 14, to keep the hopes of reaching the Super-8 alive, the team will have to defeat Oman and Namibia by a big margin in the upcoming matches. Meanwhile, before the match against Oman in Antigua, English captain Jos Buttler has made a big statement. It’s very clear what we need to do – Jos Buttler England captain Jos Buttler says that the team knows what needs to be done and how. And the team will leave no stone unturned to achieve this. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo before the match against Oman, Jos Buttler said, ‘I don’t think it’s a s**t or a bust yet. It’s very clear what we need to do and how we need to play.’ ‘First and foremost, we need to win the game against Oman to have any chance of progressing. So we have to try and win the game at all costs and improve our run rate.’ Jos Buttler further said, ‘This is the situation we find ourselves in, so we have to be aware of it. If we try to do that first and forget about winning and losing games, then you will have no chance. I want some kind of chance to go into the last match and know what we really need to do.’
