G Gambhir now owns the dubious record of collecting the first ball ducks as captain on four occasions – most occasions in Indian Premier League
G Gambhir collected the first ball duck against Chennai at Chennai on 28.04.15 to provide the 28th occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in the history of IPL. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Punjab | Mohali | 25.04.08 |
| 2 | * | 02 | R Dravid | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Rajasthan | Bangalore | 26.04.08 |
| 3 | * | 07 | R Dravid | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Chennai | Bangalore | 28.04.08 |
| 4 | * | 02 | V Sehwag | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Kolkata | Kolkata | 13.05.08 |
| 5 | * | 08 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Mumbai | 30.05.08 |
| 6 | * | 06 | KP Pietersen | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Chennai | P E’beth | 20.04.09 |
| 7 | * | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Durban | 29.04.09 |
| 8 | *+ | 01 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Chennai | E London | 04.05.09 |
| 9 | * | 09 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Kimberley | 11.05.09 |
| 10 | * | 08 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Delhi | 31.03.10 |
| 11 | *+ | 05 | MS Dhoni | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Chennai | 03.04.10 |
| 12 | *+ | 02 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Bangalore | Nagpur | 12.04.10 |
| 13 | * | 03 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Kochi | Kochi | 05.05.11 |
| 14 | *+ | 01 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Bangalore | Bangalore | 06.05.11 |
| 15 | * | 07 | DL Vettori | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Chennai | Chennai | 28.05.11 |
| 16 | * | 02 | V Sehwag | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Bangalore | Bangalore | 07.04.12 |
| 17 | * | 03 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 08.04.12 |
| 18 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Mumbai | Mumbai | 28.04.12 |
| 19 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Pune | Mohali | 03.05.12 |
| 20 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Chennai | Mum-BS | 06.05.12 |
| 21 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Sunrisers | Pune | Pune | 17.04.13 |
| 22 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Sunrisers | Rajasthan | Hyd-RGS | 17.05.13 |
| 23 | *+ | 04 | KD Karthik | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Bangalore | Sharjah | 17.04.14 |
| 24 | * | 02 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Sharjah | 24.04.14 |
| 25 | * | 03 | KP Pietersen | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Chennai | Delhi | 05.05.14 |
| 26 | * | 03 | V Kohli | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore | 09.05.14 |
| 27 | * | 04 | SR Watson | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Punjab | Mohali | 23.05.14 |
| 28 | * | 02 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Chennai | Chennai | 28.04.15 |
G Gambhir collected the first ball duck against Chennai at Chennai on 28.04.15 to provide the fourth occasion of his collecting the first ball duck as a captain. He became the first captain to collect the first ball duck on four occasions in the history of IPL. He now owns the dubious record of a captain collecting most ducks in the history of IPL. He went past AC Gilchrist, CL White, Harbhajan Singh and SK Warne who had three first ball ducks to own the record of most first ball ducks by a captain. The performance of these five captains are listed below
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | * | 03 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Kochi | Kochi | 05.05.11 |
| 2 | * | 03 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 08.04.12 |
| 3 | * | 02 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Sharjah | 24.04.14 |
| 4 | * | 02 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Chennai | Chennai | 28.04.15 |
| 1 | *+ | 01 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Chennai | E London | 04.05.09 |
| 2 | *+ | 02 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Bangalore | Nagpur | 12.04.10 |
| 3 | *+ | 01 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Bangalore | Bangalore | 06.05.11 |
| 1 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Mumbai | Mumbai | 28.04.12 |
| 2 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Sunrisers | Pune | Pune | 17.04.13 |
| 3 | * | 04 | CL White | 00 | 01 | Sunrisers | Rajasthan | Hyd-RGS | 17.05.13 |
| 1 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Punjab | Mohali | 25.04.08 |
| 2 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Pune | Mohali | 03.05.12 |
| 3 | * | 08 | Harbhajan Singh | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Chennai | Mum-BS | 06.05.12 |
| 1 | * | 08 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Mumbai | 30.05.08 |
| 2 | * | 09 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Kimberley | 11.05.09 |
| 3 | * | 08 | SK Warne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Delhi | 31.03.10 |