The international debut of 23-year-old Abhishek Sharma was not very special. He got a chance to play in the first match of the 5-match T20 series being played against Zimbabwe. But he could not leave his mark in this match. Something happened with Abhishek Sharma in this match which he would have never thought of even in his dreams. His T20 international career has started like MS Dhoni.

Abhishek Sharma's T20I career got off to a bad start

Abhishek Sharma lost his wicket without opening his account on his T20 International debut. He faced 4 balls and lost his wicket to Brian John Bennett due to playing a big short.

Let us tell you, Abhishek Sharma has become the fourth player of Team India who has come without opening his account on his T20 International debut. Earlier, MS Dhoni, KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw were out on 0 runs on their respective T20 International debuts.

Indians who got out at 0 in their T20I debut match

MS Dhoni vs South Africa, 2006

KL Rahul vs Zimbabwe, 2016

Prithvi Shaw vs Sri Lanka, 2021

Abhishek Sharma vs Zimbabwe, 2024

Riyan Parag also could not leave his mark

Along with Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag also could not do anything special in his debut match.

Riyan Parag scored just 2 runs off 3 balls in this match and lost his wicket to Tender Chatara. Both these players performed brilliantly in IPL 2024. Parag was the third most successful batsman of the season. He scored 573 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 149.22. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma scored a total of 484 runs in 16 matches. But both these players could not repeat this form in international cricket.

Same is the situation of Dhruv Jurel

Apart from Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag, this was also Dhruv Jurel's first T20I match.

But Dhruv Jurel could not do anything special. He faced 14 balls and scored only 6 runs with the help of 1 four.

But Dhruv Jurel could not do anything special. He faced 14 balls and scored only 6 runs with the help of 1 four.