{"id":137779,"date":"2026-03-06T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=137779"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:18:07","slug":"t20-world-cup-2026-kapil-dev-backs-under-fire-abhishek-sharma-says-star-opener-should-believe-in-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=137779","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup 2026: Kapil Dev backs under-fire Abhishek Sharma, says star opener should \u2018believe in himself\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Legendary former captain Kapil Dev on Friday said the Indian team management should retain Abhishek Sharma for the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand despite his failure to get going in the high-profile tournament so far.<\/p>\n

Abhishek has scored just one half-century, against Zimbabwe, in the mega-event and is being looked upon as a potential weakness for India if persisted with in the summit clash on Sunday in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust believe in your team, and the management should believe in the player. And Abhishek should believe in himself that \u2018I can perform and I will perform\u2019. Still, one game is there\u2014the final,\u201d Kapil said on the sidelines of a golf event in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

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India defeated England by seven runs in a thrilling semifinal clash on Thursday night in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Despite posting a mammoth 253, the Indians were in a spot of bother due to the counter-offensive launched by Jacob Bethell (105 off 48 balls) and Will Jacks (35 off 20 balls). Kapil said he did not expect the match to be this close.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think that it would become this difficult after India scored 250-plus. It was a brilliant game. Yes, India won, congratulations to them, but in the end, it was cricket\u2019s win. I enjoyed it a lot, not as a bowler though,\u201d the pace great quipped.<\/p>\n

Kapil was impressed with Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah\u2019s composure in the high-pressure game and said his death-overs performance once again showed just why he is considered the best in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBumrah is the No. 1 bowler in the world; he is the best. Why is he the best? Because he delivers under pressure and the way he bowls. He deserves all the respect from everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Equally praiseworthy, in Kapil\u2019s view, was opener Sanju Samson\u2019s 42-ball 89 that became the foundation of India\u2019s massive score.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a brilliant cricketer; a big player can go out of target sometimes, what happened to Abhishek, but if they are big, they are big, and they will come back. And Sanju really played wonderful cricket in the last two games,\u201d he said, referring to his 97 in the must-win Super Eight game against West Indies earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n

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