Players with most number of innings before their first Duck in Test Cricket

In the 4^th Test match of India against England, Cheteshwar Pujara was one of the 6 batsmen who got a duck in the first innings. But not many might know is that, it was Pujara’s first ever duck in his Test career. He had played 38 innings before getting a duck to his name.

This feat of Pujara is the 2^nd best for any Indian after Karsan Ghavri, left handed fast bowler, who played 41 innings before getting his frist duck.

Here we would take a look at list of players who have played most number of innings in Test cricket before getting out on a duck –

 

Player	Innings	Debut	Team Aga  Which 0 ws
AB de Villiers (SA)	78	17 Dec 2004	Bangladesh
Aravinda de Silva (SL)	75	23 Aug 1984	Zimbabwe
Clive Llyod (WI)	58	13 Dec 1966	England
Ross Taylor (NZ)	58	8 Nov 2007	Australia
James Anderson (Eng)	54	22 May 2003	Australia
Alan Davidson (Aus)	51	11 Jun 1953	England
Geraint Jones (Eng)	51	10 Apr 2004	Australia
Basil Butcher (WI)	46	28 Nov 1958	India
Michael Clarke (Aus)	46	6 Oct 2004	India
Yasir Hameed (Pak)	46	20 Aug 2003	England

Stat updated till 14 Aug, 2014

Team Aga 0 ws – Team against whom a duck (0) was scored.

As expected, AB de Villiers has played most number of innings before getting out on a duck in Test cricket and the team that got him out on a duck is none other than Bangladesh. Following him is Sri Lankan captain Aravinda de Silva followed by Clive Llyod.

Cheteshwar Pujara with his duck in the 39th innings has given him the 23rd position in this list.