India, March 7 -- Former India batter Mohammad Kaif minced no words as he urged the head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav to drop Abhishek Sharma for the all-important T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The left-handed batter has been woefully out of form in the tenth edition of the tournament, surpassing the 50-run mark just once. The campaign has seen Abhishek lose his wicket to spinners on four occasions, and the teams have adopted the ploy of targeting a spinner right in the powerplay.

More often than not, he has fallen to the plan. Throughout the tournament, Abhishek has failed to develop a contingency plan to take his time and rotate the strike. The tac...