7th duck of 2026! Abhishek Sharma falls for golden duck against Rajasthan Royals

NEW DELHI: There was a stunned hush astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium successful Hyderabad arsenic Abhishek Sharma fell for a aureate duck against Rajasthan Royals.Known for his assertive starts, Abhishek was dismissed disconnected the precise archetypal shot of the lucifer by Royals pacer Jofra Archer. Opening alongside Travis Head, helium charged down the way looking to onslaught but lone managed a heavy apical edge.

Ravi Bishnoi made nary mistake successful the deep, completing a straightforward catch.A visibly frustrated Abhishek struck his gloves against the bat arsenic helium walked back, intelligibly disappointed astatine falling without scoring.It was his seventh duck successful 18 T20 innings successful 2026 - the astir by immoderate subordinate this year, with Cooper Connolly adjacent connected the database with 4 successful 17 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.

Abhishek has present joined that unwanted list.Earlier, Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag won the flip and opted to bowl. The Royals rested Shimron Hetmyer and Brijesh Sharma, bringing successful Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Tushar Deshpande. Sunrisers Hyderabad included Praful Hinge successful their 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.