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    T20 WC: Sri Lanka's Shanaka sets unwanted record, becomes batter with most zeroes in T20Is
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    T20 WC: Sri Lanka's Shanaka Sets Unwanted Record, Becomes Batter With Most Zeroes In T20Is

    By IANS News February 08, 2026 • 22:22 PM View: 277
    Ducks Batter Innings Team: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka achieved an unwanted record, becoming the batter to score the most zeroes in T20 International when he got out for a duck in their match against Ireland in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.

    Shanaka was out for a first-ball duck when he miscued a swing at a thigh-high full toss on off, but his attempt for a big six skewed for a leading edge which was caught by Mark Adair at short third, taking it perilously close to the ground, despite theball being in the air for a long time, giving him lot of time to get into position. For some time, there were doubts that the ball was aimed too high at the waist and could be a no-ball. But the ball tracker showed it was 16 cm below the waist and thus a legal delivery, and Shanaka had to leave the field.

    This was the 16th zero scored by Shanaka, a 34-year-old tailender, in 113 T20I innings, thus breaking the unwanted record held by Zappy Bimenyimana of Rwanda, who has compiled 15 zeroes in 62 matches.

    TAGS Sri Lanka ICC Men T20 World Cup Dasun Shanaka T20 International Premadasa Stadium Mark Adair Zappy Bimenyimana Paul Stirling Soumya Sarkar Though Shanaka Kusal Mendis Kaminduu Mendis T20 Internationals Ducks Batter Innings Team
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