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5 Indian players to register three consecutive ducks for India in ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar was a phenomenal batter but the legend took five years and 78 innings to score his first ODI century.
India lost the three-match ODI series against Australia after losing the final ODI by 21 runs in Chennai. The team’s batting was been their biggest concern during the series. They are facing criticism for poor team selection and unbearable batting performance. Star batter Suryakumar Yadav is attracting most of the criticism because of his three consecutive golden ducks.
Surya played just three balls in as many innings and bagged Golden Ducks. The 31-year-old batter is suffering from poor form and had a terrible time in the field. He got dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the first two games while Ashton Agar troubled him in the final ODI. His wickets in crucial match situations did cost India the series as Australia won the decider.
Although Surya becomes the first Indian to get dismissed on three consecutive golden ducks but he is not the only Indian to do so. The Mumbaikar joined the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in this unwanted list and became the sixth Indian batter to bag three back-to-back golden ducks. In this listicle, we will discuss five Indians to bagged three golden ducks.
5. Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah (Source: Twitter)
Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been phenomenal for India with the ball and has been one of the biggest game-changers. He has represented his national side in 72 ODI matches and has clinched 121 wickets including two five-wicket hauls. However, batting is not his job and his numbers prove the same. The right-arm pacer has scored just 47 runs in 72 games at an average of 6.47.
He also made the list of players with three consecutive ducks for India in ODIs when he got out for 0 against Australia in 2019. In the span of 18 games, Bumrah got a chance to bat on three occasions, and every time he was dismissed for a duck letting him achieve the record. Currently, Bumrah is missing out on the action due to a recurring back injury and is most likely to undergo surgery soon.
4. Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma (Source: Twitter)
The 34-year-old has been hit the deck pacers who represented India at the highest level of the game. His career-best bowling spell of 7/74 against England in 2014 at Lord’s is still one of the deadliest bowling spells by an Indian. However, in ODIs, the 2013 Champions Trophy winner has been a mediocre asset for the Men In Blue as he has clinched 115 wickets in 80 matches at an average of more than 30.
His batting was also miserable as he scored just 72 runs in 80 games and also named three consecutive ducks before his name. In ten months during 2010-11, he played three matches against Sri Lanka and West Indies. In all these games he was dismissed for ducks and India lost all the games.
3. Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan (Source: Twitter)
Legendary India pacer was a go-to bowler during his cricketing career. The left-arm pacer has been one of the most successful bowlers for India. In ODIs, he has represented the team for 200 games and had taken 282 wickets including a five-wicket haul.
Although Zaheer was a bowler so being on this list is not a shame for him. Like other bowlers, Zaheer also has a miserable batting record as he has scored 782 runs in 200 games with 34 being his highest. The 2011 World Cup winner joined others on this list when he was consecutively dismissed for ducks in three games during 2003-04. Firstly in the finals of the TVS Cup against Australia, he was dismissed for a golden duck. After this, he then got out for a duck twice against Pakistan in the next two games in 2004.
2. Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble (Source: Twitter)
Ace India spinner Anil Kumble doesn’t require any introduction as his number speaks about him. He is India’s most successful bowler across the format as he clinched more than 950 wickets for India in Tests and ODIs. He is the highest wicket-taker for India in both Tests and ODIs with 619 and 337 wickets respectively.
Although, being on the list of a record related to batting is not Kumble’s cup of tea as he was not a fluent batter. He has scored just 938 runs in 271 games at an average of 10.17. He scored three consecutive ducks in 1996 during the India tour of England and the Singer World Series. On England’s tour in the last two games when England thrashed India, he got out for Duck and achieved the unwanted feat in the sixth game of the Singer World Series against Australia.
1. Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar (Source: Twitter)
Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly World’s best batter as he has been phenomenal during his 24-year-long cricket career. Having represented India in more than 400 ODI games he has hammered 18,426 runs including 49 centuries and many more records. Although Sachin was a phenomenal batter the legend took five years and 78 innings to score his first ODI century.
It came against Australia in the Singer World Series of 1994 when he hammered Aussies all around the park to score 110 runs. Although in the next three innings, Sachin failed to score a single run and became the first Indian batter to score three consecutive ducks in ODIs. His first duck come against Sri Lanka in the same series while the next two came during the West Indies series.
