Sri Lankan opening batsmen who have collected the first ball ducks
FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka collected his first ball duck in the ongoing test against India at Delhi to provide the 18th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WM Lawry | 0 | 1 | 3 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
| 2 | RC Fredericks | 0 | 1 | 1 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 |
| 3 | AR Lewis | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai (BS | 06 Feb 1973 |
| 4 | AB Williams | 0 | 1 | 2 | Win | Ind | Mumbai | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 5 | Mohsin Khan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Jalandhar | 24 Sep 1983 |
| 6 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 0 | 1 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 |
| 7 | SJ Cook | 0 | 1 | 1 | SAF | Ind | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
| 8 | AJ Stewart | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | Ind | Kolkata | 29 Jan 1993 |
| 9 | KJ Arnott | 0 | 1 | 2 | Zim | Ind | Delhi | 13 Mar 1993 |
| 10 | Nafees Iqbal | 0 | 1 | 3 | Ban | Ind | Chittagong | 17 Dec 2004 |
| 11 | Shahid Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 |
| 12 | Javed Omar | 0 | 1 | 2 | Ban | Ind | Dhaka | 25 May 2007 |
| 13 | Javed Omar | 0 | 1 | 3 | Ban | Ind | Dhaka | 25 May 2007 |
| 14 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 15 | Imrul Kayes | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ban | Ind | Dhaka | 24 Jan 2010 |
| 16 | HD Rutherford | 0 | 1 | 3 | NZl | Ind | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 17 | KK Jennings | 0 | 1 | 3 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 18 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka collected his first ball duck in the ongoing test against India at Delhi to provide the second occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against India. Both the occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 2 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 2 | Srl | Ind | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka collected his first ball duck in the ongoing test against India at Delhi to provide the 25th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MD Wettimuny | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Col-RPS | 11 Sep 1996 |
| 3 | DA Gunawardene | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 12 Mar 1999 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 22 Sep 1999 |
| 5 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 30 Sep 1999 |
| 6 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 1 | 4 | v South Africa | Kandy | 30 Jul 2000 |
| 7 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 4 | v South Africa | Kandy | 30 Jul 2000 |
| 8 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 |
| 9 | MS Atapattu | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 06 Mar 2002 |
| 10 | RP Arnold | 0 | 1 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2002 |
| 11 | WU Tharanga | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 25 May 2006 |
| 12 | SM Warnapura | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Col-SSC | 25 Jun 2007 |
| 13 | HAPW Jayawardene | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 03 Jan 2009 |
| 14 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 15 | SM Warnapura | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Pakistan | Col-SSC | 20 Jul 2009 |
| 16 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 2 | v India | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 17 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 4 | v Australia | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 |
| 18 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 19 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 4 | v New Zealand | Col-PSS | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 20 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2012 |
| 21 | JK Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Col-PSS | 22 Oct 2015 |
| 22 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 3 | v West Indies | Col-PSS | 22 Oct 2015 |
| 23 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
| 24 | JK Silva | 0 | 1 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 25 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 2 | v India | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
FDM Karunaratne {03}, NT Paranavitana {04} and ST Jayasuriya {05} are the three Sri Lankan opening batsmen who have collected the first ball ducks on three or more occasions.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 3 | v West Indies | Col-PSS | 22 Oct 2015 |
| 2 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
| 3 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 1 | 2 | v India | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 1 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 2 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 4 | v Australia | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 |
| 3 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 4 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | 4 | v New Zealand | Col-PSS | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 1 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Col-RPS | 11 Sep 1996 |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 22 Sep 1999 |
| 3 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 30 Sep 1999 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 4 | v South Africa | Kandy | 30 Jul 2000 |
| 5 | ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 |