How Old Were Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma: The start of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was very good for Team India. In this tournament, the Indian team entered the Super 8 by winning all four matches of the group stage. Team India, which is moving towards the semi-finals, has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa in its very first match. Now India will have to win both the remaining Super-8 matches by a big margin to reach the last four. The next match of the Indian team is to be with the Zimbabwean team. Who has played an important role in defeating Australia in the group stage and eliminating them from the tournament. In such a situation, Zimbabwe can be a big threat for Team India. The good thing is that the Zimbabwe team has not played any match against the Indian team on Indian soil since 2002.
Here we will tell you what was the result of that match and will also tell you that when the two teams last clashed in India, what was the age of Team India’s two openers Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma in the current tournament?
When did Zimbabwe last play Team India on Indian soil?
In the history of ICC T20 World Cup, only 1 match has been played between India and Zimbabwe so far. This match was played between the two teams in Melbourne, Australia in November 2022. After scoring 185 runs, India all out Zimbabwe on the score of 115 runs and won the match by 71 runs. Till now, Zimbabwe has not played any T20 match against India on Indian soil. The last ODI match was played in Guwahati on March 19, 2002, in which India scored 333 runs for 6 wickets and restricted Zimbabwe to just 232 runs.
How old were Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma then?
When the last match between India and Zimbabwe was played on Indian soil, both the openers of Team India were very young. Ishan Kishan was born on 18 July 1998 and hence he would have been approximately 4 years old, whereas Abhishek Sharma was born on 4 September 2000. In such a situation, his age was only 2 years in 2002.