{"id":530833,"date":"2026-02-12T01:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=530833"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:30:34","slug":"indian-cricketer-abhishek-sharma-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/indian-cricketer-abhishek-sharma-hospitalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEW DELHI<br \/>\nProlific Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has been hospitalised with an upset stomach ahead of the group match against Namibia at the T20 World Cup, a cricket board official said on Wednesday. The explosive left-hander is key to India\u2019s chances of defending their title at the 20-team tournament and is doubtful for the Group A fixture on Thursday in New Delhi.<br \/>\nThe 25-year-old was admitted to a Delhi hospital on Tuesday after he missed training with a stomach issue he carried from the opener in Mumbai, the official told media on condition of anonymity. India\u2019s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate acknowledged the concern on Tuesday, saying the batsman had \u201cstill got a few issues with his tummy\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cWe hope that he\u2019ll be available for the game in a few days\u2019 time.\u201d Abhishek was out for a duck in India\u2019s win over the United States but has been a strong performer in the lead-up to the tournament. India play arch-rivals Pakistan in a blockbuster on Sunday.<br \/>\nOn Monday, the Pakistani government announced it was withdrawing its decision to boycott the match with India, which had been taken previously in the wake of Bangladesh\u2019s replacement by Scotland in the tournament, following their refusal to tour India.<br \/>\nPakistan\u2019s decision to move forward with the much-anticipated game came after protracted negotiations between the ICC and the cricket boards of Pakistan and Bangladesh, consultations among national leaders, and interventions by friendly nations such as Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI Prolific Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has been hospitalised with an upset stomach ahead of the group match against Namibia at the T20 World Cup, a cricket board official said on Wednesday. The explosive left-hander is key to India\u2019s chances of defending their title at the 20-team tournament and is doubtful for the Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-530833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma hospitalized<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/indian-cricketer-abhishek-sharma-hospitalized\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma hospitalized\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW DELHI Prolific Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has been hospitalised with an upset stomach ahead of the group match against Namibia at the T20 World Cup, a cricket board official said on Wednesday. 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