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Abhishek Sharma Gets Advice from Ricky Ponting Ahead of T20 Semi-Final<\/strong><\/p>\n Star Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma has received valuable insights from former Australia captain Ricky Ponting as India gears up for its semi-final against England in the T20 World Cup 2026. Despite being a key player, Abhishek has struggled in the tournament, managing only 80 runs in six matches.<\/p>\n His performance started off rocky, with three consecutive ducks before he scored a modest 15 runs against South Africa. However, he showed signs of improvement with a quick 55 runs off 30 balls against Zimbabwe, only to fall again for just 10 runs against the West Indies.<\/p>\n Ponting has suggested that instead of intense practice sessions in the nets, Abhishek should take some time off to refresh mentally. \u201cWhen you’re in a slump, it might not help to just keep practicing every day. Sometimes a little break can do wonders. Your skills are still there,\u201d Ponting explained.<\/p>\n He believes that Abhishek could benefit from reducing his practice time, encouraging him to focus on other aspects of training, like fielding and bowling. \u201cIn high-pressure tournaments, stepping away from the nets for a while can actually be beneficial. I think Abhishek has something special in store for the semi-final,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Abhishek’s Track Record Against England<\/strong><\/p>\n Abhishek has performed exceptionally well against England in T20 internationals, scoring 278 runs in five matches with an impressive average of 55.80 and a staggering strike rate of 219.68. Notably, he scored a remarkable century in his last encounter, making the third-fastest century in T20 history among Full Member nations in just 37 balls, finishing with a personal best of 135 runs off 54 balls.<\/p>\n With the crucial match against England taking place at the same venue in Mumbai, fans are hoping Abhishek can regain his form and shine in this significant game.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abhishek Sharma Gets Advice from Ricky Ponting Ahead of T20 Semi-Final Star Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma has received valuable insights from former Australia captain Ricky Ponting as India gears up for its semi-final against England in the T20 World Cup 2026. Despite being a key player, Abhishek has struggled in the tournament, managing only 80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6799,33778,1282,5173,5172,13241,33777,178,33779,17609,28301,26647],"class_list":["post-26378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-abhishek-sharma","tag-batting-advice","tag-cricket-news","tag-ind-vs-eng","tag-india-vs-england","tag-indian-cricket","tag-mumbai-semi-final","tag-ricky-ponting","tag-semi-final-preview","tag-t20-cricket","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-t20-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}