India, March 8 -- Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes India should drop out-of-form Abhishek Sharma for the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The 1983 World Cup-winner believes Abhishek should be shown the door, given that he hasn't learned from his past mistakes and keeps getting dismissed in the same way. The 25-year-old has been in woeful form in the tenth edition of the tournament, registering just 89 runs at an average of 12.71.

His numbers would have been all the more appalling had he not scored a half-century against Zimbabwe in the Super 8s. He has been dismissed for a duck on three occasions in the tournament, while he has lost his wicket to spinners four times in the T20 World Cup. ...