New Delhi, March 6 -- Former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri rallied behind out-of-form Abhishek Sharma ahead of the all-important T20 World Cup 2026 final on Sunday against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The left-hander Indian opener has been in headlines for all wrong reasons, with scores of 0, 0, 0, 15, 55, 10 and 9 in seven matches so far in the tournament.

Abhishek's only half-century came against lowly-ranked Zimbabwe in the Super 8 stage and is being looked up as a potential weakness for the defending champions if they persist with the 25-year-old in the final.

Amid calls for replacing Abhishek with Rinku Singh, Shastri backed the youngster, stating that he has saved the best for the final. "I think they've just got to st...