In any cricket game, scoring the first run is often the hardest and marks an important mental achievement for any batter. The pressure is even greater in a T20 World Cup match, where every run is crucial for the team.
Unfortunately, some batters fail to score even one run, ending their turn with a duck, which can hurt their team’s chances. Here, we look at five batters in T20 World Cup history (2007-2024) who have the most ducks.
Five Players With the Most Ducks in T20 World Cup Matches:
5. Andre Russell – 4 ducks
Andre Russell has scored a duck four times in 24 World Cup matches from 2012 to 2024. His batting average in these tournaments is 16.85, and his strike rate is 147.50, below his usual T20I rate of around 164.
Even with these low stats, Andre Russell often plays well in important knockout games for West Indies. He has helped his team win the World Cup twice, in 2012 and 2016.
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4. Johnson Charles – 4 ducks
West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Johnson Charles, a member of the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup-winning teams, has been dismissed for a duck four times in 21 tournament matches. In the 2024 World Cup, he was out for a duck against Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Overall, Charles has scored 456 runs in 20 innings with a strike rate of 113.71 and an average of 22.80.
3. Soumya Sarkar – 4 ducks
In the 2024 World Cup Group D match against Sri Lanka in Dallas, he didn’t score. His World Cup batting average is 9.43 with a strike rate of 98.69, both significantly lower than his overall international stats.In the 2024 World Cup Group D match against Sri Lanka in Dallas, he didn’t score.
2. Tillakaratne Dilshan – 5 ducks
Although he has had some failures, he has overall performed well with 897 runs, an average of about 31, and a strike rate of 124.06. Dilshan shares the record for the most ducks in T20 World Cups and has had 10 innings without scoring in T20Is for Sri Lanka.
1. Shahid Afridi – 5 ducks
One of his most memorable moments was getting out on the first ball in the 2007 World Cup final against India. Despite a low World Cup batting average of 18.82 over 32 innings, Afridi was crucial to Pakistan’s 2009 title win and was named ‘Player of the Tournament’ in 2007.
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