"Love this team" - Abhishek Sharma on being backed to "win big games" for India
As Team India celebrated, their top order played a very special role in the grand finale of the T20 World Cup 2026. Abhishek Sharma (52), Sanju Samson (89) and Ishan Kishan (54) completely changed the complexion of the game. Talking in a post-match interview, Abhishek Sharma, one of India’s key aggressors in the finale, opened up on what it meant to him to score a half-century on the grandest occasion possible.
Abhishek Sharma said, “I wanted to share before as well, but today was the best day to tell about this thing that the coach and the captain, they had the faith in me. And, even I was doubting myself because it was not an easy tournament for me. I’ve never experienced this before, but still playing the first World Cup. Everyone was so, so much into me that you’re going to win one game, one big game, one big game.”
Highlighting the process he followed behind the scenes, Sharma added, “So I was just doing my process, but it wasn’t that easy as a young player or probably you’ve just been one or two years in the Indian team and then going through this phase.”
Shedding light on the belief the team showed in the hard-hitting southpaw, he said, “But I think I just love this team, the way they treated me in those days. It was, I’ve never felt it before. I mean, I’ve told you before as well, it wasn’t that easy for me because, you know, going through the whole year, you’ve been doing well for the team and especially on the big occasion. I wasn’t able to do well, but the faith and the confidence, I think players and support staff and coaches showed on me.”
He concluded by talking about his emotions, adding, “I think I got emotional in between the tournament as well because if you see that I wanted to do really well for in all the games probably, but I couldn’t. But then I was like, I wanted to talk to coach or captain. They always wanted to come to me and just say one thing, you are, you’re gonna win us the big games. And I just wanted to wait for that day and you can’t ask for the better day for this.”
