Golden duck horror! Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma register unwanted T20I record against Ireland |: Cricket News:
India’s attempt to level the T20I series against Ireland got off to a disastrous start in Belfast on Sunday as the two openers, Sanju Samson and: Abhishek Sharma, was dismissed for golden ducks in the very first, creating an undesirable record in the process.Jai Moondra scored twice in the opening over, dismissing Samson and Abhishek on the first ball they faced. This marks only the second time in T20I history involving Full Member nations that both opening batters have been dismissed for first-ball ducks in the same innings. The only such incident happened in 2018 when Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar of Bangladesh suffered the same fate against West Indies in Basseterre. The collapse didn’t end there. Moondra came back in the third to dismiss the skipper Shreyas Iyerbefore Ishan Kishan was run out in the fifth over as India crashed by four wickets inside the powerplay while chasing 155.Most ducks in T20Is in a calendar year (FM teams)7 Saim Ayub (2025)6 Richard Ngarava (2024)6 Abhishek Sharma (2026) *Innings were also added to Abhishek Sharma’s unwanted record. The left-handed opener registered his sixth duck in T20Is in the 2026 calendar year, leaving him just one behind Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, who holds the record with seven ducks in a calendar year among Full Member nations. Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava also has six ducks in 2024.India’s two opening batsmen dismissed for ducks in a T20I inningsRohit & Rahane vs Pak Mirpur 2016Gill & Jaiswal vs Gqeberha 2023Samson & Abhishek vs Ireland Belfast 2026This is also the third time that both Indian opening batters have been dismissed for ducks in the same T20I innings. The previous instances happened against Pakistan in Mirpur in 2016, when: Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane went scoreless, and against South Africa at Gqeberha in 2023, when Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were dismissed for ducks.Earlier in the evening, India did well to restrict Ireland to 154 for 8 after opting to bowl first. The pace trio of Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and debutant Prince Yadav shared the early wickets to reduce Ireland to 48 for 3 after eight overs.Playing his 100th T20I, Harry Tector continued the innings with a composed 53 off 47 balls and stitched a 65-run partnership with Ben Calitz, who made 37 off 23 deliveries. Shivam Dube then pulled things back for India by claiming two wickets in consecutive deliveries during the 15th over.India handed T20I debuts to batting all-rounder Suryansh Shedge and fast bowler Prince Yadav, while 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again missed out on a place in the playing XI.The visitors went into the match trailing 0-1 in the series after suffering a historic 34-run defeat in the opening game, Ireland’s first ever victory over India in international cricket.
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