Overview
- Clean bowled by Netherlands off-spinner Aryan Dutt for a three-ball duck in Ahmedabad, leaving him on 0 from three World Cup innings after earlier ducks against the USA and Pakistan.
- His fifth T20I duck of 2026 equals Sanju Samson’s India record for most ducks in a calendar year.
- The three-duck start matches a rare World Cup sequence previously recorded by Uganda’s Roger Mukasa in 2024, according to statistical reports.
- Opponents have executed pre-planned tactics against his aggressive starts, with Pakistan coach Mike Hesson detailing specific preparation for his dismissal.
- He missed the Namibia match due to a stomach-related illness; with India already qualified, attention turns to whether he or Sanju Samson opens against South Africa on February 22.