New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir stirred a social media debate a few days back by calling Indian opener Abhishek Sharma a "slogger". Amir's comment came just after Abhishek's duck against United States of America (USA) and before India's high-profile clash against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026. The timing if Amir's remark made it more controversial as the Indian left-hander struggled with the bat in the tournament.

After his duck against USA, Abhishek registered two more scores of zero against Pakistan and Netherlands, thus becoming the first Indian to do so in the T20 World Cups. Although he got a start against South Africa in the Super 8 fixture in Ahmedabad, but was dismissed for 15.

Clarifying his...