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NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad's explosive opener Abhishek Sharma registered an unwanted grounds during the IPL 2026 clash against Rajasthan Royals, falling for a aureate duck and leaving the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium successful stunned silence.
Known for his attacking approach, Abhishek was dismissed disconnected the precise archetypal shot by Royals pacer Jofra Archer. Opening alongside Travis Head, helium charged down the way successful an effort to predominate aboriginal but lone managed a heavy apical edge, with Ravi Bishnoi completing a elemental drawback successful the deep.A visibly frustrated Abhishek deed his gloves against the bat arsenic helium walked back, intelligibly disappointed with the aboriginal dismissal.It marked the 24th lawsuit of Rajasthan Royals taking a wicket earlier conceding a tally - the astir by immoderate squad successful IPL past - with Mumbai Indians adjacent connected 22.
It was besides the 12th clip Rajasthan Royals struck connected the archetypal shot of an innings, different league record.The duck against RR was Abhishek's seventh successful 18 T20 innings successful 2026 - the astir by immoderate subordinate this year. Cooper Connolly is adjacent connected the database with 4 ducks successful 17 innings.He besides acceptable an unwanted Indian grounds for astir ducks successful a calendar twelvemonth successful T20s, going past Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson. Abhishek has 7 ducks successful 2026 (18 innings), compared to Rohit’s six successful 2018 (32 innings) and Samson’s six successful 2024 (32 innings).
Gurkeerat Singh Mann had 5 ducks successful 2013 (19 innings).Among Sunrisers Hyderabad batters, lone Shikhar Dhawan had antecedently been dismissed for a first-ball duck successful an IPL lucifer - against Chennai Super Kings successful the 2018 Qualifier 1 - with Abhishek present joining that list.This was besides the 4th clip Archer has picked up a wicket disconnected the archetypal shot of an IPL innings. Mohammed Shami leads the illustration with 5 specified instances, portion Archer sits 2nd with four.Earlier, Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag won the flip and chose to bowl. The Royals rested Shimron Hetmyer and Brijesh Sharma, bringing successful Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Tushar Deshpande. Sunrisers Hyderabad included Praful Hinge successful the XI, portion Harshal Patel was named among the interaction substitutes.Teams:Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c&wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Praful HingeRajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande.
