T20 World Cup 2026: India shocked by Abhishek-Ishan’s failure, team at number 20 in shameful list

T20 World Cup 2026 Openers Stats: Team India’s troubles have increased after the crushing 76-run defeat against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026. This defeat has not only dealt a blow to the Indian team, which is running on a continuous winning streak, in the points table but has also made the path to the semi-finals difficult. Now, along with winning both the remaining matches in the Super-8 stage, India will also have to improve its net run rate, which is in a worrying situation at present.

After this defeat, most questions are being raised on the Indian opening pair. Neither Ishan Kishan’s bat nor Abhishek Sharma could score runs against South Africa. The performance of the Indian openers has been very disappointing throughout the tournament, due to which the team’s name has been recorded at the bottom of a shameful list.

T20 World Cup 2026: Shameful performance of Indian openers

The average performance of the Indian opening pair in the T20 World Cup 2026 has been very poor. According to the statistics, Team India’s openers’ partnership has been able to add only 6.8 runs on an average, which is the worst among all the 20 teams participating in the tournament.

Surprisingly, the average of the opening partnership of a team like Oman is also 10 runs, while the openers of teams like Ireland, UAE and USA have also performed better than India. These figures clearly show the weak start of India’s batting.

T20 World Cup 2026: New Zealand’s opening pair is the most successful

While India’s openers were seen struggling, New Zealand’s opening pair has been the most successful in this tournament. The Kiwi openers have given a strong start to the team by making an average partnership of 84 runs. Apart from this, Zimbabwe’s openers have also added an average of 53.33 runs, which shows that even the smaller teams have done better than India in making their starts strong.

T20 World Cup: Difficulties increased after India’s defeat

Team India lost its first Super 8 match against South Africa by a huge margin of 76 runs. After this defeat, the Indian team’s path to the semi-finals has become even more difficult. For this reason, the next match for Team India against Zimbabwe is going to be do or die.