There is no getting around the reality that, in recent years, England has emerged as the hitters’ favoured nation to bat in in white-ball cricket. A nation that has recently seen a lot of high-scoring games is destined to become a batter’s paradise. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to anticipate a high-scoring match between two elite teams in England and India in the first ODI of an English summer.
| Innings | Player | Team | Span |
| 105* | Kepler Wessels[a] | Australia/ South Africa | 1983–1994 |
| 72 | Kumar Dharmasena | Sri Lanka | 1994–2001 |
| 70 | Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 1975–1986 |
| 70 | Samiullah Shenwari | Afghanistan | 2009–2019 |
| 68 | Craig McMillan | New Zealand | 1997–2001 |
Having said that, the opening ODI of the current English summer season was played in a manner that was unexpected. Because of India’s skipper Rohit Sharma’s decision to bowl first, England’s batting effort in this ODI was among their worst.
The hosts lost half of their team by the ninth over as the wickets started to fall continuously from the second over of the game. Jasprit Bumrah, who shared the new ball with Mohammed Shami, made life difficult for English batters in his first outing by compiling bowling stats of 5-2-9-4.
Bumrah dismissed Joe Root (0), Jason Roy (0), and Liam Livingstone (0) in his first over alone. He then dismissed Liam Livingstone (0) in his third over. The best part of Bumrah’s spell today was still preventing their top white-ball hitters from scoring a run. Along with these three players, England all-rounder Ben Stokes (0) also failed to make a start.
The majority of ducks in ODI innings were in England’s innings today, which included four ducks and a score of 110 (their joint 11th lowest ODI score). Readers should be aware that ODI innings with four or five ducks have happened frequently. The maximum number of ducks in an inning, six, has occurred on the following five times.
These are the 5 players with most docks in ODI innings.
- Rilee Rossouw
South African top-order batsman Rilee Rossouw has participated in the IPL for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. For South Africa, Rossouw made his ODI debut in 2014. Rossouw scored back-to-back ducks despite playing his first two ODI innings against the inferior Zimbabwean team. He was run out in his first game. Prosper Utseya ejected him on the first ball of the following game.
- Kane Williamson
The current captain of the New Zealand cricket team is Kane Williamson. New Zealand has risen to the top spot in the ICC Test Rankings under Williamson’s direction. In addition, New Zealand came in second at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
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Williamson did not enjoy a fantastic start to his career, despite the fact that many fans think he is one of the best batters in all of cricket. Kane faced India in his debut ODI inning before being dismissed for a duck by Praveen Kumar. Williamson lost his wicket in his second inning to Sri Lankan Angelo Mathews on the second delivery he faced.
- Nathan McCullum
The all-arounder Nathan McCullum is another New Zealand player on this list. Nathan is the brother of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, as many cricket fans are likely aware. In his first two ODI innings, Nathan McCullum was shut out without a point. On the first ball he faced in an ODI, Lasith Malinga clean bowled him. Shahid Afridi got him out LBW on the first ball during his subsequent inning against Pakistan.
- Shadab Kabir
Shadab Kabir, a middle-order batsman for Pakistan, accomplished a unique accomplishment by being dismissed for a duck in each of his first three ODI innings. When Kabir faced England in 1996, Adam Hollioake struck him out in the first inning. On his first ODI ball against India, Anil Kumble sent him back to the pavilion. When Kabir batted for the third time in his ODI career, Kumble repeated the action, albeit on the second delivery.
- Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar, known as the “God of Cricket,” set numerous records in one-day international cricket. Sachin now holds the record for the most runs scored by a batsman in ODI cricket. The only man with 100 international hundreds is Tendulkar. He had been dismissed for a duck in each of his first two ODI innings, though. In his first two ODI innings, Sachin was dismissed for zero runs by Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and New Zealand’s Shane Thomson. However, Sachin did not let this poor start stop him from becoming one of the greatest players of all time.
The batsmen in ODI cricket need to hit the ball hard in the last overs since it can raise the score. But in this piece, we have focused on those five renowned batters who failed to score a run in either of their first two ODI innings.
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