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Abhishek Sharma for India - (Source: X)
On Sunday, July 26, India and Zimbabwe locked horns for the 3rd and final T20I match. The Men in Blue have already clinched the series and opted to bat in the dead-rubber match. It has been a near-perfect series for the Men in Blue, the only negative being Abhishek Sharma.
Abhishek Sharma has had a series to forget and couldn’t regain his lost mojo in the 3rd and final T20I. In the ongoing T20I, the southpaw registered another single-digit score and returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 (4).
Abhishek Sharma Scores Fewest Runs By An Indian
It is rare to see Abhishek Sharma struggling, and this Zimbabwe series has been one to forget for the SRH opener. Notably, the 25-year-old has scored single-digit scores in every match and registerend an embarrassing record.
In the Zimbabwe series, Abhishek amassed just 11 runs in 3 innings, the fewest runs by an Indian in a three-match series.
Abhishek Sharma broke Shreyas Iyer’s previous record of just 14 runs against West Indies in 2019. Here is the complete list.
Least Runs By an Indian In 3-match T20I Series (Top 7 Batters)
- 11 runs - 𝗔𝗯𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 v ZIM (2026)*
- 14 runs - Shreyas Iyer v WI (2019)
- 15 runs - Hardik Pandya v NZ (2017)
- 15 runs - KL Rahul v ENG (2021)
- 17 runs - Dinesh Karthik v AUS (2022)
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Abhishek Sharma Scripts Embarrassing Feat By An Indian Opener
Abhishek Sharma also shattered Shikhar Dhawan's 8-year-old record for fewest runs by an Indian opener. The former India opener scored just 19 runs against England during 2018 T20I series.
Fewest runs scored by Indian Openers in 3 Match T20I Series
- 11 - Abhishek Sharma v Zimbabwe (2026)*
- 19 - Shikhar Dhawan vs England (2018)
- 24 - Ishan Kishan v (2022)
Abhishek Sharma Gets Out To Blessing Muzarabani Thrice
Abhishek Sharma having a bad series is one thing, but he is getting out in a similar pattern. For the unversed, Blessing Muzarabani has made the southpaw his bunny and got him out for the third time in this series.
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Blessing rightly used his height to expose Abhishek Sharma's short-ball woes. The SRH opener shifted a lot across his crease in this series, which further eased the task for the Zimbabwe talisman to get rid of the India opener.
Abhishek needs to take a break and reassess what he is doing wrong and also work on his temptation to whack every short-pitched delivery. The left-handed batter will get the much-deserved rest because India will next play Sri Lanka in a Test series and Sharma has entire August to rejuvinate and prepare for upcoming series.
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