‘Hold the phone, remove social media… Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav gave this advice after being out on 0 thrice.

In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Indian team’s star player Abhishek Sharma was in very good form before the tournament, but as soon as the tournament started, this player came under pressure. Abhishek Sharma had to face a duck in the first 3 matches and there was more pressure on Abhishek Sharma.

Abhishek Sharma was backed by coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav in this bad phase and was kept in the playing 11 till the end and Abhishek Sharma lived up to everyone’s expectations in the final. During this time, his fellow players Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh also gave special advice.

Abhishek Sharma got this special advice from the coach and captain

Abhishek Sharma had to face criticism for not opening his account in the first 3 matches of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistani players started calling him a slugger, while Indian fans were also demanding his exclusion from Team India. During this time, Abhishek Sharma had received special advice from Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav.

Abhishek Sharma has now revealed that “Slowly one gets used to it. But one does feel bad when criticized. This is common in India because people have a lot of expectations from you. After getting out on zero thrice, Surya, GG sir and Hardik Pandya came to me and said, ‘Hold the phone, delete social media right now.’

During this, Abhishek Sharma further said, “This was the first thing I did after the second zero. It helped me a little. I was getting a lot of suggestions and comments from people. Such is the life of a cricketer. You have to listen and you will also be criticized. You can just listen and ignore.”

Abhishek Sharma scored a half-century in just 18 balls in the final of T20 World Cup.

Indian team’s star player Abhishek Sharma could not open his account in the first 3 matches, while in between he scored a half-century in 1 match, but after that the runs stopped coming from his bat. However, Indian team coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav supported him.

Abhishek Sharma scored a half-century in just 18 balls and played an innings of 52 runs in the final match against New Zealand. Thanks to this start by Abhishek Sharma, the Indian team was successful in crossing the 200-run mark in just 15 overs and the New Zealand team had to face defeat by 96 runs.