Teams usually depend on the batters to get them off to a good start, be it while batting first or while chasing a good start is of utmost importance to any team to set up a target or accomplish it in the second innings.
The Performance
There have been instances where the batting department of a team hasclicket and has helped it to post an abve par total on the board or chasewhatever target is set by the opposition the case in point being the England vs South Africa game in the 2016 edition of the T20 World Cup which saw Englad accomplish the highest successful run chase in the history of the tournament with two wickets in hand.
The Batting
If we talk about the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup, it has been the centre of some magnificent batting efforts with teams breaching the 200 run mark on more ocacsions then they have in a single edition.
The Scores
In addition to teams going past the 200 run mark more often in the 2026 T20 worldCup the tournament has also witnessed some brilliant individual perrformances with three batters scoring centuries so far, two of which, namely Pathum Nissanka and Sahibzada Farhan are still in contention tp add to the telly of hundreds with Pakistan scheduled to play at least one match and Sri Lanka having two matches in hand.
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The Record
Amidst a string of good performances in the multination tournament, there are some batters who find themselves in an unwanted list of players with the most number of ducks in the history of the T20 World Cup.
The list comprises a couple of players, one whose team was replaced by Scotland due to their resistance to play their group stage matches in India, while the team of the other player in question has been eliminated after the first round of the competition.
This article sheds light on four active players, with most ducks in the T20 World Cup
| Players | Matches | Innings | Ducks |
| George Dockrell | 22 | 14 | 4 |
| Roleof van der Merwe | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| Soumya Sarkar | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| Johnson Charles | 21 | 20 | 4 |
The Result
The noticeable thing in the above mentioned list is that other than Johnson Charles, who hasn’t played a single game in the tournament, and Soumya Sarkar, whose team is not a part of the tournament, boththe Netherlands and Ireland failed to make it to the Super Eight round of the competition.
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However, we have to also take into account that Roleof van der Merwe’s primary role is as a bowler, while George Dockrell is a batting allrounder and has a lot of experience under his belt, which he hasn’t been able to put to good use.
Also Read: 4 Active Indian Batters With Most Ducks in T20 World Cup History
