Rohit Sharma Ducks in IPL History

Indian Premier League 2023 is the fourth instance when Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been dismissed for a duck more than once in a season of the biggest T20 league around the world.

The last time when he had scored more than one duck in an IPL season was half-a-decade ago in 2018. Only the second instance of Sharma registering successive ducks in the IPL, the last time when it had happened was eight years ago.

Sharma, who has been dismissed without scoring a run 28 times in his 417-match T20 career, has faced a similar situation 16 times in his 237-match IPL career. The latest occurrence of the same happened during their ongoing match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Batting at No. 3 for the first time in this format since ICC T20 World Cup 2021 and for the first time in the IPL since 2018, Sharma faced three balls as a forceful attempt of playing an innovative shot resulted in a tame dismissal which was part of a top-order collapse in the powerplay.

Interestingly, Sharma had also lasted for only three balls in the last match against Punjab Kings at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on Wednesday.

Rohit Sharma Ducks in IPL History

Most Ducks in IPL History

A 16th IPL duck for Sharma has taken him at the top of the list in the list of most ducks in IPL history. Sharma, 36, has left behind the likes of Sunil Narine (15), Mandeep Singh (15) and Dinesh Karthik (15) to earn an unwanted record to his name.

As far as an opposition and a venue with highest number of Sharma’s ducks are concerned, he has been out for zero four times against Royal Challengers Bangalore and at the Wankhede Stadium respectively.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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