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Most Ducks in IPL: Duck is one of the biggest ignominy for a batter who dismisses without even a single score in the cricket. Like any other cricket format, in IPL ducks are common especially when a batter has to face such pressure under a large crowd’s cacophony, they do face this shame at least once in their cricket career.
Most Ducks Record in IPL
Dinesh Kartik has the record for most ducks in the IPL. Dinesh Kartik has recorded the 17 times in the IPL and was dismissed without even a single run. Dinesh Kartik has played 242 matches and bagged 4516 runs with 97* highest score.
Rohit Sharma is the second batter with the most ducks to his name in the IPL history. Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma has a record of 17 ducks in the 246 matches.
Third place is also held by the Indian batter Sunil Narine who has a record of 15 most ducks in the IPL.
Most Ducks in IPL 2024
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| GJ Maxwell (RCB) | 2024-2024 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 28 | 5.77 | 43 | 120.93 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| SA Yadav (MI) | 2024-2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 345 | 102* | 34.50 | 206 | 167.47 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 18 |
| TM Head (SRH) | 2024-2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 567 | 102 | 40.50 | 296 | 191.55 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 32 |
| HV Patel (PBKS) | 2024-2024 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4.33 | 19 | 68.42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MA Starc (KKR) | 2024-2024 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6* | 4.50 | 11 | 81.81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PP Chawla (MI) | 2024-2024 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3.75 | 15 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Naman Dhir (MI) | 2024-2024 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 140 | 62* | 23.33 | 79 | 177.21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| D Padikkal (LSG) | 2024-2024 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 5.42 | 53 | 71.69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| MK Lomror (RCB) | 2024-2024 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 125 | 33 | 15.62 | 68 | 183.82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| S Dube (CSK) | 2024-2024 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 396 | 66* | 36.00 | 244 | 162.29 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 28 |
Most Ducks in IPL History
| No. | Player | Mat | Inn | Ducks | 100s | 50s | Runs | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinesh Karthik | 245 | 224 | 17 | – | 20 | 4,602 | 97* |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 246 | 241 | 17 | 1 | 42 | 6,280 | 109* |
| 3 | Piyush Chawla | 184 | 88 | 15 | – | – | 612 | 24* |
| 4 | Mandeep Singh | 111 | 98 | 15 | – | 6 | 1,706 | 77* |
| 5 | Sunil Narine | 164 | 98 | 15 | – | 4 | 1,095 | 75 |
| 6 | Glenn Maxwell | 127 | 123 | 15 | – | 18 | 2,750 | 95 |
| 7 | Rashid Khan | 112 | 54 | 14 | – | 1 | 448 | 79* |
| 8 | Manish Pandey | 170 | 158 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 3,808 | 114* |
| 9 | Ambati Rayudu | 204 | 187 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 4,348 | 100* |
| 10 | Harbhajan Singh | 163 | 90 | 13 | – | 1 | 833 | 64 |
What is a Duck in cricket?
A Duck in cricket is the term used when a batter gets out without even a single score. There are 8 types of Ducks in cricket. The list has covered all the names and meanings of all ducks.
- Golden Duck, when the batter gets out on the first delivery without a single score.
- Silver Duck, when the batter dismisses on the second ball delivery without a single score.
- Bronze Duck, when a batter gets out on a third ball without any runs.
- Diamond Duck, When a batter gets declared out without even facing a single ball delivery. It is considered as one of the worst ducks in cricket, mostly happens during the run-out.
- Royal Duck, happens when a batter gets out on the first ball in the beginning of the team’s batting innings without a single score for the team.
- Laughing Duck, when the batter gets out on the last ball of the team’s innings.
- Pair is a duck in the test innings when the batter gets out in both the first and second batting innings.
- King Pair is like a Golden Duck of Test cricket when the batter gets dismissed on the very first ball in both test innings.
But the most famous one is the Golden Duck when a batter gets dismissed without even a single score on his first ball delivery.
