Team India has been one of the most successful teams in cricket history. It is rare to see a team like India collapse, especially seeing 6 ducks in an innings. However, cricket is an unpredictable game, and fans have witnessed funny things in this sport.
There are 11 batters in a cricket match, and there have been only two such instances featuring Team India that a majority of the batters lost their wickets before scoring a single run. Here’s a list of the two innings where Team India recorded six ducks in a single Test innings.
1. Team India recorded 6 ducks in Cape Town Test vs. South Africa, 2024
In the 2024 New Year’s Test match, India are playing against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town. The match has started on a shocking note, with 23 wickets falling on the opening day. India bowled the Proteas out for 55 runs in the first innings, and then South Africa bowled India out for 153 runs.
Notably, India were 153/4 at one stage, but they finished with 153 runs all out. The six batters who got out for a duck today were Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Jasprit Bumrah.
2. Team India achieved this dubious feat in Manchester Test vs. England, 2014
In the fourth Test of the India vs England series in 2014 hosted by Manchester, the visitors started on a disastrous note. It was the partnership between MS Dhoni and R Ashwin that helped India post 152 runs on the board.
Most Ducks for India in a Test Inng
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6 vs ENG at Manchester (2014)
6 vs SA at Capetown (2024)*#INDvsSA
The six batters who got out for a duck in that innings were Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pankaj Singh.
