Indian T20I stalwart Abhishek Sharma perished for a first-ball duck (Image Source: X/@BCCI)
What’s the story
India’s Abhishek Sharma perished for a first-ball duck in the 4th T20I versus New Zealand on Wednesday.
Chasing 216 runs to win in Vizag, India lost Abhishek (0) off the 1st ball in the 1st over.
Matt Henry dismissed the southpaw. Notably, it was Devon Conway, who completed a superb catch, coming in from deep backward point and putting in a dive.
Here’s more.
Abhishek’s performance in the ongoing series
Abhishek has gone hot and cold in the ongoing 5-match T20I series.
He started the series on a superb note, smashing 84 runs in Nagpur.
Thereafter, he perished for a first-ball duck in Raipur.
In the 3rd T20I, he hit a fluent 68*-run knock and attained several records.
And now, he was dismissed for a golden duck.
11 ducks in T20s; three for India
As per ESPNcricinfo, the southpaw recorded his 11th duck overall in T20s. From 172 matches (168 innings), he has 5,070 runs at 33.35. Meanwhile, this was his 3rd duck in T20Is for India. In 35 matches, he owns 1,267 runs at 37.26.
Unwanted record for Abhishek
As per Cricbuzz, Abhishek is the 4th Indian batter to be dismissed off the first ball of a T20I innings.
Indian batters dismissed first ball of a T20I innings:
KL Rahul vs Zimbabwe, Harare 2016
Prithvi Shaw vs Sri Lanka, Colombo RPS 2021
Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, Basseterre 2022
Sanju Samson vs NZ, Guwahati 2026
Abhishek Sharma vs NZ, Vizag 2026*
