HM Amla joins the list of opening batsmen batting at number one collecting the first ball ducks in the Indian Premier League
HM Amla of Punjab was dismissed first ball for a duck against Sunrisers at Hyd-RGS on 17.04.17 to provide the 38th occaaion of an opening batsman batting at number one collecting the first ball duck in the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Pos | Batsman | Score | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date | |
| 1 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 04.05.08 | |
| 2 | 01 | JD Ryder | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Deccan | Cape Town | 22.04.09 | |
| 3 | 01 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Chennai | Durban | 23.04.09 | |
| 4 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Delhi | P Elizabeth | 26.04.09 | |
| 5 | * | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Durban | 29.04.09 |
| 6 | 01 | ST Jayasuryia | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Punjab | Durban | 29.04.09 | |
| 7 | *+ | 01 | AC Gilchrist | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Chennai | E London | 04.05.09 |
| 8 | 01 | S Sohal | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Rajasthan | Durban | 05.05.09 | |
| 9 | 01 | S Badarinath | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Centurion | 07.05.09 | |
| 10 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Mumbai | P Elizabeth | 16.05.09 | |
| 11 | 01 | ST Jayasuriya | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Delhi | Centurion | 21.05.09 | |
| 12 | 01 | MK Tiwary | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Deccan | Mum-DYP | 12.03.10 | |
| 13 | 01 | MJ Lumb | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Kolkata | Ahmedabad | 20.03.10 | |
| 14 | 01 | MK Pandey | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Deccan | Nagpur | 12.04.10 | |
| 15 | 01 | GC Smith | 00 | 01 | Pune | Punjab | Mum-DYP | 10.04.11 | |
| 16 | 01 | MA Agarwal | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 12.04.11 | |
| 17 | 01 | S Aniruddha | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Mohali | 13.04.11 | |
| 18 | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kochi | Pune | Mum-DYP | 13.04.11 | |
| 19 | 01 | JD Ryder | 00 | 01 | Pune | Mumbai | Mum-DYP | 04.05.11 | |
| 20 | 01 | PC Valthaty | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Pune | Mumbai | 12.04.12 | |
| 21 | 01 | RE Levi | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Deccan | Mumbai | 29.04.12 | |
| 22 | + | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Pune | Cuttack | 01.05.12 |
| 23 | 01 | MK Pandey | 00 | 01 | Pune | Deccan | Cuttack | 01.05.12 | |
| 24 | 01 | U Chand | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Kolkata | Kolkata | 03.04.13 | |
| 25 | 01 | U Chand | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Kolkata | Kolkata | 03.04.13 | |
| 26 | + | 01 | MDKJ Perera | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Pune | Pune-SRS | 11.04.13 |
| 27 | 01 | S Anirudha | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Pune | Chennai | 15.04.13 | |
| 28 | + | 01 | MS Bisla | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Punjab | Mohali | 16.04.13 |
| 29 | 01 | AJ Finch | 00 | 01 | Pune | Mumbai | Mumbai | 13.04.13 | |
| 30 | 01 | DR Smith | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Pune | Pune-SRS | 11.05.13 | |
| 31 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Delhi | Dubai-DSC | 19.04.14 | |
| 32 | 01 | DR Smith | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Kolkata | Kolkata | 30.04.15 | |
| 33 | 01 | MA Agarwal | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Mumbai | Mumbai | 05.05.15 | |
| 34 | 01 | LMP Simmons | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Delhi | Mumbai | 05.05.15 | |
| 35 | + | 01 | RV Uthappa | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Ris Pune | Pune-SRS | 24.04.16 |
| 36 | 01 | SS Iyer | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Kolkata | Delhi | 30.04.16 | |
| 37 | 01 | DR Smith | 00 | 01 | Gujarat | Kolkata | Kanpur | 19.05.16 | |
| 38 | 01 | HM Amla | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 17.04.17 |
HM Amla became the third Punjab opening batsman batting at number one to collect the first ball duck in the Indian Premier League after S Sohal and PC Valthaty. The following table lists the performance of these three batsmen
| No | Pos | Batsman | Score | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date | |
| 1 | 01 | S Sohal | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Rajasthan | Durban | 05.05.09 | |
| 2 | 01 | PC Valthaty | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Pune | Mumbai | 12.04.12 | |
| 3 | 01 | HM Amla | 00 | 01 | Punjab | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 17.04.17 |