Abhishek Sharma To Miss Out On India-Pakistan Fixture? Suryakumar Yadav Provides Key Update On Indian Opener

Team India gets a massive update on Abhishek Sharma, with T20I skipper Siryakumar Yadav revealing that the swashbuckling opener is out of tonight's group-stage fixture against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Team India encountered an enormous problem when Abhishek Sharma suffered a stomach issue and a high fever. The Indian opener fell sick on the eve of the USA fixture. While he featured in action at that time, the management did not want to take any chances with the opener's health.

Abhishek Sharma Out Of Pakistan Fixture? Suryakumar Yadav Gives An Update 

At the toss, India captain Suryakumar Yadav shared some details on the Playing XI, revealing that the opening order has a change. Sanju Samson steps in to replace Abhishek Sharma to give him some rest.

Skipper SKY also mentioned that Abhishek is still not healthy and may take a game or two to recover and return to action.

“Abhishek isn't fine still, might take one or two games,” Suryakumar Yadav said during the toss.

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Suryakumar Yadav's revelation may indicate that India may not have their opening order in full potential. Given Abhishek Sharma's qualities and his intent to stand up and deliver, he could've been a major boost to the side against Pakistan.

Abhishek's availability for the India vs Pakistan fixture would remain doubtful for now.

Sanju Replaces Abhishek, Bumrah Also Returns to India Playing XI 

Apart from Abhishek Sharma's exclusion, Team India also has a change in the bowling end, with Jasprit Bumrah returning to the Indian T20I playing fold. The Indian seamer was under the weather, but now looks fit to compete.

Jasprit Bumrah replaces Mohammed Siraj, while Sanju Samson replaces Abhishek Sharma in India's playing XI against Namibia.

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India Playing XI: Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.

Namibia Playing XI: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Max Heingo.