IND vs SL: Indian team's young player became a victim of 'injustice'

IND vs SL: BCCI announced the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour on Thursday. Suryakumar Yadav has been made the captain of the Indian T20 team. This will be the first assignment of new head coach Gautam Gambhir. After the team was announced, it came to light that a young player became a victim of injustice. The 23-year-old cricketer, who made a splash in the IPL, recently scored a century against Zimbabwe.(Abhishek Sharma (L) and Ruturaj Gaikwad of India were left out of the T20I team for the Sri Lankan tour.)

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Jul 18, 2024 - 17:57 Updated: Jul 18, 2024 - 18:11
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IND vs SL: Indian team's young player became a victim of 'injustice'
IND vs SL: Indian team's young player became a victim of 'injustice'

INTRO

  • Gautam Gambhir's era will begin with the Sri Lanka tour
  • Suryakumar Yadav becomes the new T20 captain of the Indian team
  • Abhishek Sharma did not get a place despite excellent performance

BCCI announced the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour on Thursday. The Indian team will play a series of 3 T20 International matches and 3 ODI matches on the Sri Lanka tour. The series will start on July 27 and the last match will be played on August 7.

         (Abhishek Sharma (L) and Ruturaj Gaikwad of India were left out of the T20I team for the Sri Lankan tour.)

This will be the first assignment of new head coach Gautam Gambhir with the Indian team. The Indian team has handed over the captaincy of the T20 International format to Suryakumar Yadav. Hardik Pandya was ahead in the race for captaincy, but he lagged behind in the claim due to his fitness problem. Hardik Pandya got a big blow when Shubman Gill was made the vice-captain of the T20 team.

Abhishek Sharma did not get a place in India Cricket Team

Keeping the future in mind, Shubman Gill has been given the leadership role. By the way, Hardik Pandya, a young player, also became a victim of injustice and did not get a place despite a great performance. Here we are talking about 23-year-old young player Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek Sharma got a place in the Indian team after a brilliant performance in IPL 2024.

Abhishek Sharma got a chance to open the innings for the young Indian team that toured Zimbabwe. In his second match itself, Abhishek showed his ability to the world by scoring a century in 46 balls. The left-handed batsman scored 124 runs in five T20 International matches on the Zimbabwe tour at an average of 31 and a strike rate of 174.64. His best score in this was 100 runs.

How will he become a future star?

Abhishek Sharma is considered to be the future star of Indian cricket, but despite breaking the record books, he did not get a chance. Any player's morale can drop in such a situation. Punjab's Abhishek Sharma has impressed a lot in his short career and the team management will have to keep in mind that if they want to make him a superstar player, they will have to give him continuous opportunities.