Glenn Maxwell equaled the record with Dinesh Kartik & Rohit Sharma scoring the most ducks in IPL history. This unforeseen incident happened in the 14th IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.RCB having a tough season in IPL and won just a solitary match out of 7 matches and is in the last position of the points table. Maxwell is recognized for his blistering hitting around the park but in this season he has been quiet with the bat and didn’t score too many. His last duck came against MI in the 25th match of this season of IPL. Though the IPL t20 is recognized as a batsmen game altogether sometimes we can see the bowler’s prowess to produce a match-winning performance. Here very often we have seen the longest sixes and 200-strike-rate innings by batsmen. Along with that. there is also another lesser-known stat, the record of Most Ducks in IPL History.
The Indian Premier League is a batter’s paradise, as nowhere else will you witness every player, including the bowlers, going for boundaries immediately after stepping on the pitch. However, this need to be explosive and register big run totals on the scoreboard also results in carelessness. Add to that poor form and match pressure, and players often get out for zero runs. This is called a duck in cricket and is a nightmare scenario for every batsman. Today, we cover the players with the most ducks in IPL history.
List of Players With Most Ducks in IPL History
Getting dismissed without scoring is very disheartening for any batsman, especially when you’re in the top order and have the responsibility of scoring the most. Though the batsmen get a very short time to bat and settle in the competitive cricket of IPL, still some batsmen scored a lot of runs.
Most of the batsmen are very famous in IPL for their explosive batting. Even the bowlers sometimes bat explosively in the IPL to keep the flow of the game, especially T20 cricket format. Batters don’t take any time to judge the pitch or settle down, which is already a luxury in T20 cricket. Plus, when a batsman is not in good touch with the bat, the pressure of the IPL only amplifies, and they crumble.
Glenn Maxwell – 17 Ducks in 130 Matches
Maxwell is known for his explosive batting form, especially in the t20 format. But in IPL 2024 he hasn’t been the best of his form and already scored 3 ducks out of 4 games he played. Maxwell altogether scored 17 ducks in 130 matches of his 12-year IPL career. Also, he has an explosive strike rate of 157 which is better than many batsmen in this tournament.
Rohit Sharma – 17 Ducks in 246 Matches
The former Mumbai Indians captain has been in the limelight of this IPL, since after Rohit hasn’t been the captain. MI appointed Hardik Pandya as their new captain for this season and the team suffered three back-to-back losses in this edition of the IPL. The team has not seen in premium form over the years and neither their batting nor bowling was good till now. Rohit Sharma was the opener for Mumbai along with Ishan Kishan and scored a few runs in the first two games of IPL 2024. In the third game, he got out for a golden duck on a cracking delivery of Trent Boult. In this dismal list of records, Rohit has equaled Dinesh Karthik with 17 ducks in 246 innings.
Dinesh Karthik – 17 Ducks in 246 Matches
Dinesh Karthik, who has been in the role of finisher in the RCB batting lineup had produced some explosive knocks in this year. He along with Rohit Sharma, is at the top of the table of scoring most ducks in IPL. Both of them scored 17 ducks in their entire IPL career of 246 matches. In his 16 years of IPL career, Karthik scored 4606 runs in 225 innings with 20 fifty-plus scores in their career.
Piyush Chawla – 15 Ducks in 184 Matches
Piyush Chawla is one of the bowlers who also featured in this list. He scored 15 ducks in 184 matches played in his IPL career. Usually, he plays as a leggie and batted lower down the order of the batting lineup. Out of 184 matches of his career, Chawla batted only 88 times. He scored a golden duck in the first match of the IPL 2024, and added one more score to his tally.
Mandeep Singh – 15 Ducks in 111 Matches
Mandeep Singh is another Indian batsman on this list. He hasn’t been consistent in his 13-year IPL career and played only 111 matches. He scored 15 ducks out of the 88 innings he played all together. Mandeep scored 1706 runs with just a strike rate of 123.
Very famous world-class batters sometimes get out for zero runs, sometimes in their very first deliveries. You can read the list of players with the most ducks in the IPL here in this post. For more interesting IPL insights, please follow Cricviewpoint.