Since the beginning of the 21st century, i.e. 2000, six batsmen of a team have been out on zero in a Test innings six times. Bangladesh team has made this unwanted record the most i.e. 3 times. However, on one occasion, Bangladesh team showed fighting spirit and scored 365 runs despite six batsmen getting out on 'duck' in the innings, which is the highest score of any team in such a situation. Indian team has had to face these embarrassing moments twice.
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Let us take a look at those Test innings when six batsmen of a team got out on 0.
Pakistan team was all out for 128 runs on their home ground
For the first time in Test cricket, 6 batsmen of the Pakistani team were out on 0 in the innings. In December 1980, in the first innings of the Test against West Indies (Pakistan Vs West Indies) in Karachi, the Pakistani team was reduced to a score of 128 runs. The interesting thing is that in this score, captain Javed Miandad scored the highest 60, Wasim Bari scored 23 and Imran Khan scored 21 runs. Zaheer Abbas remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs while 9 runs were included as extras. Six batsmen – Shafiq Ahmed, Sadiq Mohammad, Majid Khan, Ejaz Faqih, Iqbal Qasim and Mohammad Nazir were out without opening the account. However, the relief for Pakistan was that it was successful in drawing this Test.
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Srinath wreaks havoc, South Africa all out for 105 runs
In November 1996, 6 South African batsmen were out for 0 in the last innings of the Test against India in Ahmedabad. Javagal Srinath took 6 wickets for just 21 runs in this innings and bowled out South Africa for 105 runs in reply to the target of 170 runs, giving India a victory. During this innings, South Africa's Andrew Hudson, Daryl Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Pat Symcox, Fanie de Villiers and Paul Adams could not even open their account. Captain Hansie Cronje (48) was the top scorer for South Africa.
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6 batsmen got out on 0, still Bangladesh scored 365 runs
The Bangladesh team first made this unwanted record in the Dhaka Test (December 2002) against the West Indies. During the first innings, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for just 87 runs. Mohammad Ashraful, Alok Kapali, captain Khalid Masood, Inamul Haque, Tapas Baisya and Talha Zuber returned to the pavilion without opening their account. The Indies team won this Test on the third day itself by a huge margin of an innings and 310 runs. In May 2022, in the first innings of the Mirpur Test against Sri Lanka, once again six batsmen of the Bangladesh team – Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Khalid Ahmed and Ibadat Hossain could not even open their account. However, Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten 175 and Liton Das scored 141 to take the team to an impressive score of 365. During Bangladesh's second innings, three batsmen – Tamim Iqbal, captain Mominul Haque and Khaled Ahmed – were out for 0. Sri Lanka won the Test by 10 wickets.
A month after this humiliating defeat against Sri Lanka, in June 2022, in the North Sound Test against West Indies, 6 Bangladesh batsmen were dismissed without opening their account in the first innings. Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hussain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Narul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman and Khalid Ahmed were out on 0 and the team was bundled out for 103 runs. Due to getting out on such a low score in the first innings, Shakib Al Hasan's team had to face defeat by 7 wickets in the Test.
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6 batsmen were out on 0, yet Team India won the test in two days
So far, on two occasions in a Test innings, six batsmen of the Indian team (Team India) have been out at 0. In the first innings of the Manchester Test (India Vs England) against England in August 2014, the Indian team was all out at 152 runs, during which Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pankaj Singh could not even open their account. Captain MS Dhoni scored 71 and R Ashwin scored 40 runs. Stuart Broad took 6 wickets for 25 runs for England and cleared the way for the victory of the host team by wrapping up the Indian innings on a low score on the very first day of the Test. In the second innings, the Indian team was all out at 161 runs and lost the match by an innings margin.
In January 2024, in the Cape Town Test against South Africa, once again 6 batsmen of the Indian team were out on 0. In this Test match played on a difficult wicket in terms of batting, the Indian team won by 7 wickets in just two days. In the first innings, the South African team was bowled out for 55 runs in front of the tremendous bowling of Mohammed Siraj (6/15). In reply, Team India's score was once 105 runs for two wickets, but as soon as Shubman Gill was out as the third wicket on this score, there was a flurry of wickets and the entire team was bowled out for 153 runs. Virat Kohli scored the highest 46, captain Rohit Sharma scored 39 and Shubman Gill scored 36 runs while Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna were dismissed for 0. In the second innings, despite Aiden Markram's century (104), the host team was bowled out for 176 runs. India was given a target of 79 runs to win, which the team achieved by losing 3 wickets.
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Kiwi team collapsed at 90 runs, three batsmen added 81 runs
In Test cricket, 6 batsmen of the New Zealand team have also been out on 0 in an innings once. In the Dubai Test of November 2018, in reply to Pakistan's 418 runs for 5 wickets (innings declared), New Zealand's first innings was reduced to 90 runs. Wrist spinner Yasir Shah took 8 wickets for 41 runs in 12.3 overs. During the innings, New Zealand's Jeet Raval and Tom Latham added 50 runs for the first wicket but in a dramatic fashion the whole team could score only 90 runs. In these 90 runs, three batsmen – Raval (31), Latham (22) and captain Kane Williamson (22*) contributed 81 runs. Six batsmen of the Kiwi team – Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Ish Sodhi, Neil Wagner and Trent Boult were out on 0. The Kiwi team was all out for 312 runs in the second innings and lost the match by an innings margin. Yasir Shah also took 6 wickets in the second innings and was declared Player of the Match with a total of 14 wickets.
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first published : July 15, 2024, 4:39 pm IST