{"id":25688,"date":"2026-02-18T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/18\/ind-vs-ned-abhishek-sharma-struggles-as-t20-world-cup-woes-intensify-with-third-straight-duck\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:58:07","slug":"ind-vs-ned-abhishek-sharma-struggles-as-t20-world-cup-woes-intensify-with-third-straight-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/18\/ind-vs-ned-abhishek-sharma-struggles-as-t20-world-cup-woes-intensify-with-third-straight-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs NED: Abhishek Sharma Struggles as T20 World Cup Woes Intensify with Third Straight Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Abhishek Sharma&#8217;s performance in the T20 World Cup 2026 has taken a turn for the worse, as he recorded his third duck during the tournament. In India&#8217;s final Group A match against the Netherlands on February 18, Abhishek was unable to score at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IND vs NED T20 WORLD CUP 2026: UPDATES | SCORECARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was dismissed by Aryan Dutt in the very first over after India chose to bat first. This marked Abhishek&#8217;s fifth T20I duck this year, tying him with Sanju Samson for the most ducks by an Indian player in T20Is within a single calendar year. Despite facing just seven balls in this tournament, he is yet to register his first run.<\/p>\n<h3>HOW DUTT DISMISSED ABHISHEK<\/h3>\n<p>Dutt expertly set up Abhishek before delivering the crucial blow. He started with a slower delivery at 95.9 kph, which drifted towards the left-handed batsman, forcing him to play cautiously towards cover. The next delivery was quicker, and again, Abhishek was unable to capitalize, nudging it to cover-point without finding a rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Building on this uncertainty, Dutt delivered a quicker ball that skidded sharply off the pitch. Expecting a bit more bounce and width, Abhishek went for a pull shot. Unfortunately, the ball wasn&#8217;t short enough. It zipped past his bat and knocked the stumps over.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>T20 World Cup | T20 World Cup Schedule | T20 World Cup Points Table | T20 World Cup Videos | Cricket News | Live Score<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<div class=\"authors__container\">\n<div class=\"authors__by\">\n<p>Published By: <\/p>\n<p>Sabyasachi Chowdhury<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"published__on\">\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Feb 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhishek Sharma&#8217;s performance in the T20 World Cup 2026 has taken a turn for the worse, as he recorded his third duck during the tournament. In India&#8217;s final Group A match against the Netherlands on February 18, Abhishek was unable to score at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. IND vs NED T20 WORLD CUP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6799,31759,33003,33001,33002,28301,26647],"class_list":["post-25688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-abhishek-sharma","tag-abhishek-sharma-duck","tag-aryan-dutt","tag-ind-vs-ned","tag-india-vs-netherlands","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-t20-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}