Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill's ducks against England - a strange record!

Four Indian players registered ducks in the fourth Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad - Kohli, Gill, Ishant and Siraj.

India skipper Virat Kohli walks back to the pavillion after being dismissed for a duck in the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad.

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The number of ducks by India in its innings victory over England in the fourth Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This is only the fourth instance in Test cricket where a team has won a match by an innings despite having four or more ducks the only time it got to bat.

Most ducks by Test teams in an innings victory

Ducks	Winning team (Total)	Losing team (totals)	Won by	Venue	Month/year	Winning team batsmen out for ducks
5	South Africa (429)	Bangladesh (250 &131)	Innings and 48 runs	Centurion	November 2008	Neil McKenzie, A. B. de Villiers, Morne Morkel, Monde Zondeki, Makhaya Ntini
4	Australia (451)	Pakistan (155 & 276)	Innings and 20 runs	Perth	November 1999	Michael Slater, Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath
4	England (446)	Pakistan (74 & 147)	Innings and 225 runs	Lord’s	August 2010	Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Graeme Swann
4	India (365)	England (205 & 135)	Innings and 25 runs	Ahmedabad	March 2021	Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj

5

The number of players involved in two century partnerships after coming in to bat at No. 8 or lower in a Test innings. During his 96 in the fourth and final Test against England in Ahmedabad, Washington Sundar became the latest to achieve this rare feat. Incidentally, his current coach, Ravi Shastri, is the only other Indian to do so – also against England, nearly 40 years ago in Delhi.

Players batting at No. 8 or lower involved in two century partnerships in the same Test innings

Batsman (Team)	Individual score	Opponent	Venue	Month/year	Result
Robert Christiani (West Indies)	107	India	Delhi	November 1948	Draw
118 for 7th wicket with Everton Weekes (No. 7)	128
109 for 9th wicket with Denis Atkinson (No.10)	45
Ravi Shastri (India)	93	England	Delhi	December 1981	Draw
128 for 8th wicket with Syed Kirmani (No. 9)	67
104 for 9th wicket with Madan Lal (No. 10)	44
Ian Smith (New Zealand)	173	India	Auckland	February 1990	Draw
103 for 8th wicket with Richard Hadlee (No. #8)	87
136 for 9th wicket with Martin Snedden (No. 10)	22
Matt Prior (England)	118	Australia	Sydney	January 2011	England won by an innings and 83 runs
107 for 7th wicket with Ian Bell (No. 7)	115
102 for 8th wicket with Tim Bresnan (No. 9)	35
Washington Sundar (India)	96*	England	Ahmedabad	March 2021	India won by an innings and 25 runs
113 for 7th wicket with Rishabh Pant (No. 6)	101
106 for 8th wicket with Axar Patel (No. 9)	43

Note: Smith is the only batsman in the above list to do it at No. 9. The rest were at No. 8.

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67

The number of wickets taken by the Indian spinners in the recently concluded Test series against England is now the joint third-highest by Indian spinners in a series. However, it is the most in a four-match Test series.

Most wickets claimed by Indian spinners in a Test series

Wickets	Opponent	Series	Tests (Played in)	Result	Spinners (Wickets)
72	England	1972-73	5 (India)	India won 2-1	B. S. Chandrashekar (35), Bishan Singh Bedi (25), E. A. S. Prasanna (10), Salim Durani (1), S. Venkataraghavan (1)
68	England	2016-17	5 (India)	India won 4-0	R. Ashwin (28), Ravindra Jadeja (26), Jayant Yadav (9), Amit Mishra (5)
67	Australia	1977-78	5 (Australia)	India lost 2-3	Bishan Singh Bedi (31), B. S. Chandrashekar (28), E. A. S. Prasanna (6), S. Venkataraghavan (2)
67	England	2020-21	4 (India)	India won 3-1	R. Ashwin (32), Axar Patel (27), Shahbaz Nadeem (4), Kuldeep Yadav (2), Washington Sundar (2)
65	Australia	2012-13	4 (India)	India won 4-0	R. Ashwin (29), Ravindra Jadeja (24), Pragyan Ojha (7), Harbhajan Singh (5)

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The aggregate runs made by the Indian top order (Nos. 1-3) is the first Twenty20 International against England in Ahmedabad is the lowest by the Indian top three in a T20I.

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Lowest aggregate by India’s top order (Nos. 1-3) in a T20I

Runs	Opponent	Venue	Date	Batsmen (Score)
5	England	Ahmedabad	March 12, 2021	Shikhar Dhawan (4), K. L. Rahul (1), Virat Kohli (0)
10	Australia	Guwahati	October 10, 2017	Rohit Sharma (8), Shikhar Dhawan (2), Virat Kohli (0)
13	Sri Lanka	Pune	February 9, 2016	Rohit Sharma (0), Shikhar Dhawan (9), Ajinkya Rahane (4)
16	Australia	Bridgetown	May 7, 2010	M. Vijay (2), Gautam Gambhir (9), Suresh Raina (5)+
16	England	Kolkata	October 29, 2011	Robin Uthappa (1), Ajinkya Rahane (0), Virat Kohli (15)

+ batting second

Notes:

India’s top four at Guwahati aggregated 16 runs, with Manish Pandey making 6.

India lost all the above five games.

In Bridgetown and Ahmedabad, Rohit Sharma made 79 not out and Shreyas Iyer 67 while batting at No. 4 and 5, respectively.

Virat Kolhi was dismissed in the first T20I for his most recent duck.

 

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The number of ducks made by Virat Kohli across all international formats while captain is now the most by an Indian skipper in international cricket.

Most ducks by captains in international cricket

Ducks	Captain	For		Ducks in
Innings	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
27	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	348	13	14
20	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	275	6	14
20	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka+	205	7	11	2
18	Ricky Ponting	Australia+	376	7	9	2
18	Graeme Smith	South Africa+	368	10	8
15	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	182	7	8
14	Hansie Cronje	South Africa	212	8	6
14	Steve Waugh	Australia	172	6	8
14	Virat Kohli	India	225	8	3	3

+ Captained other sides, too.

Most ducks by Indian captains in international cricket

Ducks	Captain		Ducks in
Innings	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
14	Virat Kohli	225	8	3	3
13	Sourav Ganguly+	217	4	9
11	M. S. Dhoni	330	8	3
10	Kapil Dev	115	6	4
8	Mohammad Azharuddin	230	2	6

+ Captained other sides, too.

All records are updated till the end of the first Twenty20 International between India and England in Ahmedabad on March 12, 2021.