India, March 3 -- Abhishek Sharma, the No.1 T20I batter, has been having a tournament to forget as the runs have been hard to come by for the opening batter in the T20 World Cup. The left-hander might have scored a half-century against Zimbabwe in the Super 8s, but he failed to get going in the must-win encounter against the West Indies, walking back to the pavilion after scoring just 10. He once again lost his wicket to a spinner, after going back to the hut after handing a simple catch to Shimron Hetmyer off the bowling of Akeal Hosein.

Abhishek has managed just 80 runs in the six games he has played so far. He was also dismissed for three ducks in the group stage against the USA, Pakistan and the Netherlands. Amid the poor run of form...