India vs Zimbabwe: Team India has broken the record of its opening partnership in the T20 World Cup 2026. In the match against Zimbabwe, there was a partnership of 48 runs between Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson, which is India's biggest opening partnership in the T20 World Cup 2026. In the previous five matches played in the tournament, India's opening pair never added so many runs to the score board. The opening partnership between Samson and Abhishek gave India a tremendous start in the powerplay.
Samson and Abhishek made the biggest opening partnership
Team India's openers against Zimbabwe added 48 runs on the score board in 23 balls. In this partnership, Sanju Samson faced 15 balls and scored 24 runs. Whereas Abhishek Sharma's contribution was 17 runs on 8 balls. This opening partnership of India was broken against Zimbabwe due to the dismissal of Sanju Samson, who became the victim of Muzarabani.
The record was broken as soon as the 27th run was added
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma together put 48 runs on the score board. But he broke the record of the biggest opening partnership in the tournament as soon as he scored his 27th run. This is proof of the extent to which India's opening pair has failed in the T20 World Cup 2026.
The opening partnership against Zimbabwe was heavy in the last 5 matches.
The opening partnership against Zimbabwe has overshadowed the opening partnership of the last 5 matches played by India. This is because even if we add the total runs scored by the Indian openers in the last 5 matches, their total is still less than the 48-run opening partnership against Zimbabwe. India's openers have added only 34 runs in the last 5 matches.
Abhishek Sharma looked changed
Sanju Samson is out. But Abhishek Sharma kept his feet on the wicket against Zimbabwe. He looked completely different from Abhishek in his last 4 innings played against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup 2026. After Samson's departure, Abhishek got the support of Ishaan and both of them took India's score board to 80 runs in the powerplay.
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