KL Rahul’s dubious distinction in Twenty20 Internationals
KL Rahul became the 30th batsman in the history of T20 Internationals to collect the first ball duck on his debut. He is the first Indian batsman to earn this dubious distinction. He became the 19th batsman to collect the first ball duck in the second innings of a T20I game. He also became the seventh opening batsman to earn this dubious distinction in the second innings of a T20I. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mohammad Qazi | 0 | 1 | 2 | Can | Ber | Belfast | 05 Aug 2008 |
| 2 | C Zhuwao | 0 | 1 | 2 | Zim | Can | King City (NW) | 11 Oct 2008 |
| 3 | DM Richards | 0 | 1 | 2 | Win | Ban | Basseterre | 02 Aug 2009 |
| 4 | JL Denly | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 30 Aug 2009 |
| 5 | Shamsur Rahman | 0 | 1 | 2 | Ban | Srl | Pallekele | 31 Mar 2013 |
| 6 | Irfan Ahmed | 0 | 1 | 2 | HKG | Nep | Chittagong | 16 Mar 2014 |
| 7 | KL Rahul | 0 | 1 | 2 | Ind | Zim | Harare | 18 Jun 2016 |
The game of cricket can be cruel like this. KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to score a hundred on his one day debut the other day on 11.06.16 and today – on 18.06.16 – a week later – he became the first Indian batsman to collect the first ball duck in his T20 International debut. No wonder experts and elders said that “Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties”!!!!!!!