{"id":43971,"date":"2026-02-11T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43971"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:33:12","slug":"what-happened-to-indian-cricketer-abhishek-sharma-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/t20-world-cup\/what-happened-to-indian-cricketer-abhishek-sharma-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian opener <strong>Abhishek Sharma<\/strong> has reportedly been hospitalised due to a stomach infection ahead of India\u2019s T20 World Cup group-stage clash against Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Abhishek was unwell even before India\u2019s previous match against the USA, but his condition worsened after the game. He was said to be running a high temperature and was administered intravenous drips for immediate relief. Medical tests are currently being conducted to determine the exact cause and severity of the infection.<\/p>\n<p>During the match against the USA, Abhishek was dismissed for a golden duck and did not take the field during India\u2019s bowling innings. <strong>Sanju Samson<\/strong> fielded in his place. He also missed the post-match handshakes following India\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed batter did not attend the team\u2019s practice session at the <strong>Arun Jaitley Stadium<\/strong>, raising further doubts over his availability.<\/p>\n<p>India assistant coach <strong>Ryan ten Doeschate<\/strong> confirmed that Abhishek is dealing with stomach issues but expressed hope that he could recover in time for the upcoming fixture.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Abhishek Sharma\u2019s participation in the Namibia match remains uncertain, with the team management closely monitoring his condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has reportedly been hospitalised due to a stomach infection ahead of India\u2019s T20 World Cup group-stage\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":43972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4641],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t20-world-cup"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43973,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971\/revisions\/43973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}