4 Indian Players With Most Consecutive T20I Innings Without A Duck

Getting out for a duck is a big humiliation for any batsman. If a player loses his wicket without scoring a single run in any match, it is termed as a duck. Recently, Indian players Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan lost their wicket for a duck during the T20I series against Sri Lanka. When a player loses his wicket for a duck, it causes a huge disappointment to him as he fails to contribute to any run to the team’s total.

Getting out for a duck is something that every batsman faces in his career. Many Indian players have also gone for duck multiple times during their international careers. However, there are few players who played a lot of consecutive matches in T20I cricket without facing a duck.

They managed to evade getting out for 0 for many consecutive matches. In this listicle, we take a look at 4 Indian players with the most consecutive T20I innings without a duck.

4 Indian Players With Most Consecutive T20I Innings Without A Duck

4. Suresh Raina- 45

Suresh Raina takes the 4th spot in this list. The former Indian player played 45 consecutive T20I innings without facing a duck. Suresh Raina played 78 T20I matches for India from 2006 to 2018. The left-handed batsman faced only 3 ducks in 66 innings in his T20I career.

Raina faced a duck in his 4th T20I game against New Zealand in February 2009. However, from February 2009 to March 2016, he never lost his wicket for a duck while playing 45 T20I innings. His 2nd duck in his T20I career came against Pakistan in March 2016.

3. Virat Kohli- 47

Virat Kohli grabs the 3rd spot in this list. The Indian player has played 47 T20I consecutive innings without facing a duck. In his T20I career so far, the Indian skipper has only faced three ducks in 84 innings. After making his T20I debut in June 2010, Kohli never faced a duck in the next 47 T20I innings.

His first duck in his T20I career came in a match against Australia in October 2017, which was his 48th T20I innings. Hence, the 32-year-old Indian player did not lose his wicket without scoring a run in 47 continuous T20I innings.

2. Shikhar Dhawan- 61

Shikhar Dhawan bags the 2nd spot in this list. The left-handed batsman has gone for a duck only 2 times in his T20I career so far. Dhawan has played 68 T20I matches for India, in which he batted in 66 innings. After making his T20I debut in June 2011 against West Indies, Dhawan faced a duck in his 4th T20I innings in March 2014.

However, he never got out without scoring a run in the next 61 T20I consecutive games. The 35-year-old recently lost his wicket for a duck in a T20I game against Sri Lanka.

1. MS Dhoni- 84

Former Indian player MS Dhoni grabs the top spot in this list with 84 consecutive T20I innings without a duck. The former Indian skipper Dhoni only faced 1 duck in his T20I career from 2006 to 2019, after playing 98 T20I games.

The wicketkeeper-batsman lost his wicket for a duck in his first-ever T20I game, which was against South Africa in December 2006. However, post that, he batted in 84 T20I innings till the end of his career but never lost his wicket for a duck. Dhoni announced retirement from international cricket in August 2020.