India’s campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup has been commanding, yet for world No.1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma the tournament has unfolded disastrously. The explosive opener has recorded three straight ducks—against USA, Pakistan, and Netherlands—creating an unwanted milestone. He is now the first Indian player to register three consecutive scoreless outings in a single edition. The sequence has stunned fans and analysts alike, considering his reputation as one of the format’s most aggressive and consistent run-scorers worldwide. The slump has quickly become one of the tournament’s most surprising storylines so far this season overall for him.

Ahmedabad was a glaring example of how he was dismissed. Abhishek wanted to start establishing dominance on the first ball but was out for a 0 when the balls hit the stumps instead. He is known for playing with reckless abandon and has built his success around that, yet this same mindset has recently become more of a liability than anything else; bowlers have been able to use that desperation against him by luring him into playing high-risk/low-reward shots before he can get into the flow of the game and dictate terms as he has done historically - instead, opening the door for other teams to get easy wickets early on. The trend has caused concern with both fans and analysts.

The 2026 season, overall, has been very unkind to him as well; he has five zeroes in 8 T20I matches (equal to Sanju Samson's previous record for the most in a calendar year for an Indian) which just goes to show how far off he is right now, especially given that his team has continued winning with relative ease during this same time frame. He has now joined a very exclusive group of players from Full Member nations who have had consecutive zeros in T20I's. Even though the success of his team has masked this issue, it will certainly continue to be discussed, especially during the final stage of the tournament.

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List of players with most consecutive ducks