India batter Abhishek Sharma continued his poor run of form in the 2nd T20I match of the South Africa series. Playing at the St. George’s Park at Gqeberha, Abhishek fell for 4 off 5 balls against Gerald Coetzee. The Indian fans were not happy with Abhishek’s shot choices and let it known on X on Sunday, 10 November.
After scoring a hundred in his first tour of Zimbabwe, Abhishek has consistently scored below 20 runs in each of his innings. The tendency of taking the attack to the opposition has been Abhishek’s downfall in recent times and it was no different today as the batter top-edged Gerald Cortzee’s short ball in the 5th ball of the second over of the match.
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The fans were not happy with the result and let their feelings known on social media site X.
Abhishek Sharma’s dismissal highlighted India’s dismal start in the second T20I game. Apart from Abhishek, Sanju Samson (0) and Suryakumar Yadav (4) fell early in their innings, leaving India reeling in the powerplay. Tilak Varma offered some resistance but fell for 20 runs against Aiden Markram.
At the time of writing, India were 64/4 in 10.3 overs with Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel at the crease.
