Rohit Sharma has scored 14 ducks in 220 IPL matches
Things are getting worse for Mumbai Indians and their captain Rohit Sharma Like after losing six matches in a row IPL In 2022, the Mumbai captain claimed an unwanted IPL record in the 33rd match of the season against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai on Thursday. Rohit was dismissed for a duck by CSK’s Mukesh Chaudhary on the second ball of the first over of the game. With this duck, Rohit’s name has now become the most number of ducks in the history of IPL.
Rohit Sharma and his partner Ishan Kishan came out to bat after losing the toss at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy. Rohit takes a strike against Mukesh but bowls the second ball of the over towards mid on. Michelle Santner Took a simple catch to remove the MI captain for a duck off the second ball. In the same over, Mukesh dismissed Ishaan with a beautiful yorker.
Most Ducks in IPL History
Rohit Sharma – 14
Piyush Chawla – 13
Harbhajan Singh – 13
Mandeep Singh – 13
Parthiv Patel – 13
As expected, the list is dominated by bowlers. Earlier this record was in the name of leg-spinner Piyush Chawla followed by Harbhajan Singh. Mandeep Singh and Parthiv Patel are the other batsmen in the list. Interestingly, all the top five players on this list had 13 ducks. With a duck against CSK, Rohit took the lead and secured an unwanted IPL record.
Earlier during the toss, Rohit said, “The surface has changed a bit from what we played in the first game. Teams have won the last 3 to 4 matches batting first here, so it’s a blessing in disguise.” We have made three changes. Riley Meredith is making his debut for Mumbai, Hrithik Shoukhin is an off-spinner and making his debut, Daniel Sams is back.”
“Whenever we make these changes we see if we can find the right balance. We don’t want to compromise on our batting and at the same time don’t want to compromise on our bowling, we try and bowl five. Let’s keep it together. Options. There’s a bit of bounce and we know he (Meredith) can bowl fast that’s why we took him in. Sometimes you have to look at the opposition too, 3-4 in between them He is a left-handed batsman and that is why we wanted an off-spinner. We are trying to keep things as simple as possible and not complicate them, but the season didn’t go the way we wanted it to be and hence those changes. We have to win all the games, but we can’t look any further. We have to see how we perform in this game and take it from there,” concluded Rohit.