T20 WC 2026: Why did Abhishek Sharma play wearing Mohammed Siraj’s jersey? The reason for this will surprise you

T20 World Cup 2026, IND vs NED: t20 world cup 2026 Team India played its last group stage match with Netherlands on 18 February. In this match, Team India defeated Netherlands and won the tournament. In this match, once again Team India’s young opener Abhishek Sharma was out without opening the account. Abhishek’s poor form is now increasing the tension of Team India.

Whereas Abhishek Sharma came out to bat in this match wearing Mohammed Siraj’s jersey. Now fans are curious to know why Abhishek came on the field wearing Siraj’s jersey while batting?

Why did Abhishek wear Siraj’s jersey?

According to the report, Abhishek Sharma had forgotten his kit in the hotel. Sunil Gavaskar was also heard saying this during the commentary. Due to which Abhishek came to the field a little late. Earlier, he was also seen wearing Arshdeep Singh’s jersey, but later he came out to bat wearing Siraj’s jersey. Whose pictures are going viral very fast on social media. At the same time, fans are also giving different types of reactions on this picture.

What did users say on social?

A user posted on social media and wrote, ‘Abhishek Sharma entered the field today wearing Mohammad Siraj’s jersey but the result remained the same. Has been out on zero 5 times in the last 7 innings. If there was any other player, he would have been dropped from the team. Suryakumar Yadav should not be given more chances.

Another user shared the post and wrote that Abhishek Sharma, playing his first T20 World Cup, was out on zero for the third consecutive time. The trend of getting out for zero and first over continues for the 5th time in the last 7 innings. Got rest against Namibia, today the jersey also changed but the luck did not change. Now the team needs a solid start.

Team India won the match

In this match, Team India, batting first, scored 193 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. While batting for Team India, Shivam Dubey played the highest innings of 66 runs. After this, Netherlands team was able to score only 176 runs in 20 overs and India won the match by 17 runs.