New Delhi. Team India has booked the ticket for the final of T20 World Cup 2026. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team defeated England by 7 runs in the second semi-final and made it to the final for the second consecutive time. Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh were seen having fun in the team bus after the victory at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Abhishek jokingly took a dig at Arshdeep’s habit of continuously bowling wide balls.
Arshdeep has shared a video on his social media account ‘Snapchat’. In the video, Abhishek says that Arshdeep needs two wicketkeepers while bowling. When Arshdeep asks the reason for this, Abhishek says that one keeper is needed behind the wicket, while the other wicketkeeper is needed to catch the wide ball of Arshdeep. Arshdeep jokingly asks Sanju Samson whether two keepers should be used and then he says, “We also have two wicketkeepers.” In the second semi-final match played against England at Wankhede ground, Arshdeep bowled 5 wides. In the spell of 4 overs, Arshdeep took only one wicket for 51 runs. It is noteworthy that the unwanted record of bowling most wides in an over in T20 International is also registered in the name of Arshdeep. In the T20 match against South Africa in December 2025, Arshdeep had bowled 7 wides in a single over.
Arshdeep’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2026 has not been anything special. So far he has been able to take only 9 wickets in 7 matches. Arshdeep’s bowling economy during this period has also been 8.53. Arshdeep also proved to be very expensive against West Indies in the Super-8 round. He had spent 43 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma’s bat has also been completely silent in the tournament. Abhishek could score only 89 runs in 7 innings. Even against England in the semi-finals, Abhishek could not show anything special with the bat and returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs. The title match of T20 World Cup 2026 between India and New Zealand is to be played on March 8 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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