India, Feb. 22 -- Former India batter Mohammad Kaif reckons Abhishek Sharma would have benefited greatly had senior players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma still been part of the T20I squad. The left-handed batter, 25, is yet to open his account in the T20 World Cup 2026, having been dismissed for ducks in all three games he played previously against the USA, Pakistan and the Netherlands. The No.1 batter in T20I rankings lost his wicket against Ali Khan against the US and then lost his wicket to off-spinners Salman Ali Agha and Aryan Dutt.

Abhishek has managed to last just eight balls in the middle, and the pressure is truly on him to change the tide around in the Super 8s match against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahme...