India, March 6 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin doesn't want the team management to drop Abhishek Sharma for the T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand in Ahmedabad; however, he did call out the left-handed batter for not biding his time and playing according to the situation. The 25-year-old has been having a tournament to forget, scoring just one fifty and being dismissed for ducks on three occasions. In the semi-final against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Abhishek did hit two boundaries against Will Jacks in the second over; however, a rush of blood saw him once again throw his wicket away.

This was the fourth time that Abhishek lost his wicket to a spinner in the tenth edition of the T20 World Cup. Previ...