Abhishek Sharma has been dismissed for three consecutive ducks at the T20 World Cup 2026, and Indian fans are now agreeing with Mohammad Amir, who had called the opener a slogger a few days ago.

 

Sharma was dismissed for zero against the USA, then again for zero against Pakistan, and completed the unwanted hat-trick with another duck against the Netherlands in India's final group stage match on Wednesday.

 

Amir had spared no diplomatic niceties when he assessed Sharma on a television show.

 

"From what I have seen of him so far, in my opinion, if I'm being completely honest, he looks like a slogger to me. He just tries to hit every ball. If it connects, it connects. But most of the time, the chances of failure are higher," he said.

 

The left-arm pacer backed his claim by pointing to Sharma's inconsistent scoring record.

 

"You must have noticed that he might play eight innings and score in only one of them, while in the others he gets 10, 15, 0, 20. The way he swings the bat, there doesn't seem to be much technique. It's more like, 'Just give me the ball and I'll swing.' Technically, I haven't found him very sound," Amir added.

 

He did acknowledge that Sharma can be devastating on a good day, but argued that the risk far outweighs the reward.

 

"I'm giving an honest opinion. I'm also saying that on the day it comes off, it really comes off, and he can hurt any team. But his game is very high risk. Secondly, he even struggles against a good slower ball," he said.

 

At the time, Indian cricket fans pushed back hard. Now, three ducks later, the tone has flipped entirely.

 

"Slogger nahi, Lucky Slogger. Laga toh chand tak, nahi toh raat tak," one fan wrote.

 

Another, who had initially defended Amir against the backlash, said, "Obviously he was correct but some Indian fans attacked him. He's a very good slogger." Others were more blunt. "Amir was right to call him a blind slogger," wrote one user, while another added, "India's batting starts from 0/1, can't rely on this blind slogger."

 

One fan simply deferred to experience: "Experience bolta ha bhai."