1. Sunil Gavaskar was out off the first ball of a Test match thrice in his career: Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs and he ended his career scoring 34 Test centuries. But did you know he was out three times off the first ball of a Test? The bowlers to dismiss him were: Batsman Bowler […]
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Origin of term ‘Duck’ in Cricket and Types of Ducks
When a batsman is out on the score of Zero is termed as out on Duck in the cricket. For example, if a player “X” does not score and gets out, then you may often hear the commentator saying “X” is gone for a duck… But many of us don’t know what the relation between […]