Abhishek Sharma continued his poor form in the 2026 WT20 as he was dismissed for a duck against Netherlands in the 36th match of the WT20. India opted to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium which is generally a very good surface for batting and in the first over, Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a duck by Netherlands off-spinner, Aryan Dutt. This was the third duck for Abhishek in this WT20 and he is yet to open his account in this edition. He came into this tournament as the Number 1 ranked T20I batter but has been disappointing. He fell for a duck against USA and then had to miss the next game due to illness and again got a duck against Pakistan. Today he scored his third duck. Let us look at how twitter reacted to his lack of form
Abhishek sharma is overrated and finished pic.twitter.com/jfKBX4TUO7
โ Straight Drive (@MSDFORLIFE007) February 18, 2026
Letโs be honest โ if you want to win the T20 World Cup, you need players like Sanju Samson or Ruturaj Gaikwad who can handle pressure. No hate to Abhishek, but he is a bilateral bully โ he performs only when there is no pressure. pic.twitter.com/u1xBYAtMts
โ Abhishek Kumar (@Abhishek060722) February 18, 2026
Abhishek Sharma now has five ducks in 2026 and this is the joint most with Samson for an Indian batter. It has been a woeful tournament for the left-handed opener. He was in sublime touch throughout 2025 but this year especially this WT20 has been disastrous for him. Former Indian cricketer Ravi Ashwin put out a tweet which read โCruel game this sometimes. Chin up ladโ. While other section of fans too were showering him with support during this tough time.
Thatโs 3 in row! #T20WorldCup #abhishek Cruel game this sometimes. Chin up ladโบ๏ธ
โ Ashwin ๐ฎ๐ณ (@ashwinravi99) February 18, 2026
Many fans on twitter also started with plenty of memes and made some sarcastic humor about this form. While some of them were critical and disappointed with his form leading up to the Super 8 stages.
TV on karta hun tab tak Abhishek Sharma chala jaata hai pic.twitter.com/9TBoKt48Hh
โ Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 18, 2026
While many users on Twitter made posts stating that Mohammad Amir was right that Abhishek is just a slogger. In a show which was aired, former Pakistan pacer Amir labelled Abhishek Sharma as a slogger and now fans have started putting out memes regarding that.
8 Reasons Why Abhishek Sharma is the Biggest Fraud in Indian Cricket ๐๐คก๐คก๐คก. โItโs time to stop the hype train and look at the cold, hard facts. While the "Abhishek FC" fans are busy posting edits of his sixes against B-tier bowlers, real cricket fans are seeing right throughโฆ
โ Rohan AD (@RohanAD6) February 18, 2026
Amir: "He scores once in 8 innings". Abhishek Sharma: 0, 0, 0 in his first 3 WC games. The technical gap Amir pointed out is being exposed on the big stage.๐ค Hope Abhishek finds his form๐ค๐ป #CricketTwitter #INDvNED pic.twitter.com/KdQbVgK74W
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐๐ (@HenryRajput18) February 18, 2026
India have won all the matches in the Group stages and this game against Netherlands is just a dead rubber but they still would have hoped for their star batter Abhishek to come back to form and score some runs. Now heading into the Super 8 stages fans will hope Abhishek gets the rub of the green and wins matches for India
