Six Ducks! Hyderabad Batter's T20 Year Woes Continue

Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma records his sixth T20 duck of 2026, joining elite company. Struggling for form in IPL 2026.

Abhishek Sharma's struggles with form have continued into IPL 2026, as he was dismissed for a duck against the Lucknow Super Giants. This marked his sixth duck of the year in T20 matches, a concerning statistic that places him in an unwanted record book. Sharma now shares the record for the most ducks by an Indian batter in a calendar year in T20s with Rohit Sharma (2018) and Sanju Samson (2024).

His performance in the current IPL season has been a slow start, accumulating just 55 runs across three innings. A significant portion of these runs, 48, came in a single outing against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Prior to this IPL season, Sharma also faced challenges during the T20 World Cup, where he scored 141 runs in eight innings, averaging 17.62. The tournament began poorly for him, with three consecutive ducks.

Overall in 2026, Sharma has scored 378 runs in 16 T20 innings, maintaining a strike rate above 195. The match against LSG saw the home team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, bat first after the opposition won the toss. The venue was the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. LSG made one change to their lineup, while the Sunrisers Hyderabad introduced two new players.

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