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IND vs ZIM: In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Team India’s young opening batsman Abhishek Sharma has made a brilliant comeback and scored the first World Cup fifty of his career. Against Zimbabwe, he ended the ongoing drought of runs in the tournament by scoring a half-century in just 26 balls.

Abhishek Sharma hit the first fifty of the tournament

In the Super-8 match, Indian young opener Abhishek Sharma has scored a brilliant half-century against Zimbabwe. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Abhishek Sharma played an important inning of 55 runs in 30 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. During this, he completed his half-century in 26 balls. During this period his strike rate was 192.

There were flops in the initial matches

Let us tell you, the beginning of T20 World Cup 2026 has proved to be no less than a nightmare for young opener Abhishek Sharma. He could not even open his account in the first three matches. Due to this, questions were raised regarding his place in Team India. However, in the important match against Zimbabwe, he batted aggressively and gave a strong start to the Indian team.

Good sign for India

In the four matches played so far in the T20 World Cup 2026, only 15 runs were scored from Abhishek’s bat. In such a situation, his coming back to form against Zimbabwe can be a good sign for India. Due to continuous flops, there was a demand to drop Abhishek from the playing 11, but now he has silenced the critics by making a brilliant comeback. Thanks to Abhishek Sharma’s inning of 55 runs, India has set a target of 257 runs for Zimbabwe.