Colombo, Feb. 16 -- Former Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri believes the star Indian opener Abhishek Sharma needs to "give himself a little bit of time" amid his lean patch, after the left-hand batter faced another batting failure during the India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 clash on Sunday at Colombo.

Abhishek Sharma got out for a four-ball duck against Pakistan in Colombo. It came as the batter's second consecutive duck in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026, and his third in his last five T20I innings. The No. 1-ranked T20I batter in the world is yet to score a run in the 2026 World Cup.

Notably, Abhishek's last T20I fifty was six innings ago, when he made an unbeaten 68 against New Zealand in Guwahati.

Ravi Shastri, while speaking to Sa...