Abhishek Sharma has not been able to open his account yet in T20 World Cup 2026… 0 is not giving up the chase.

New Delhi. Team India has qualified for the Super 8 by winning 3 matches in the T20 World Cup 2026, but you will be surprised to know that Abhishek Sharma has not yet opened his account in this tournament. Abhishek Sharma has played two out of three matches in the T20 World Cup 2026, but till now he has not scored a single run from his bat. He has been out for zero in both the matches. Not only this, he has become the second Indian batsman to be out on zero the most number of times in T20 International cricket in a calendar year.

Abhishek Sharma made his debut in the T20 World Cup on 7 February. When he came against USA at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, everyone thought that he would thrash the USA bowlers, but his innings ended on the first ball itself. After this, he could not play against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi because he fell ill. After this he made a comeback in the match against Pakistan.

He scored a lot of runs against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025. In such a situation, it was believed that Abhishek Sharma would score runs here also. However, he was out without scoring in just 3 balls. This was the fourth time in 2026, when Abhishek Sharma’s account did not open in T20 International cricket. In the last 6 matches, he has been out 4 times without opening the account. Sanju Samson holds the shameful record for India for being out on zero the maximum number of times in a year in T20 International cricket, who was out 5 times without opening the account last year in 2025.

Earlier, Abhishek Sharma had not been able to open his account in the second and fourth matches of the five-match T20 International series played against New Zealand. Overall, this is Abhishek Sharma’s fifth zero in T20 International cricket, because his debut in T20 International cricket itself started with a zero. However, after this he continued to play big innings, but could not even open the account in four out of 7 matches in 2026.

Sanju Samson has not opened the account in 5 innings in 2025, while Abhishek Sharma has not been able to open the account in 4 innings in 2026. The names of Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav are jointly at third place in the list. Yusuf Pathan has been out on zero twice in 2009, Rohit Sharma twice in 2018 and 2022, Virat in 2024 and Surya thrice in 2025 in a calendar year.

Most ducks for India in T20Is in a calendar year
5 – Sanju Samson (2024)
4 – Abhishek Sharma (2026)*
3 – Yusuf Pathan (2009)
3 – Rohit Sharma (2018)
3 – Rohit Sharma (2022)
3 – Virat Kohli (2024)
3 – Suryakumar Yadav (2025)