F du Plessis collected the first ball duck in the ongoing test against Australia at Johannesburg to provide the 113^th occasion of a a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African captain undergoing such an ignominy in tests. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Pollock	0	1	2	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
2	SM Pollock	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
3	GC Smith	0	1	3	NZl	Auckland	18 Mar 2004
4	GC Smith	0	1	2	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
5	F du Plessis	0	1	4	Eng	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
6	F du Plessis	0	1	1	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

It is interesting to note that the six occasions are  shared equally be three South African captains – SM Pollock, GC Smith and F du Plessis.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Pollock	0	1	2	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
2	SM Pollock	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
3	GC Smith	0	1	3	NZl	Auckland	18 Mar 2004
4	GC Smith	0	1	2	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
5	F du Plessis	0	1	4	Eng	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
6	F du Plessis	0	1	1	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

It is also interesting to note that these three captains have collected the first ball duck in a test innings against Australia once.  F du Plessis became the first South African captain to collect the first ball duck in the first innings of a test.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Pollock	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
2	GC Smith	0	1	2	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
3	F du Plessis	0	1	1	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

F du Plessis became the first South African captain to collect the first ball duck in the first innings of a test to provide  the 35^th occasion of a captain dismissed first ball for a duck in the first  innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Darling	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902
2	AER Gilligan	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925
3	W Bardsley	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	10 Jul 1926
4	RES Wyatt	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
5	R Benaud	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	06 Jul 1961
6	R Illingworth	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
7	Wasim Bari	0	1	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978
8	S Venkataraghavan	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
9	GS Chappell	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981
10	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
11	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
12	Imran Khan	0	1	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987
13	AR Border	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Perth	30 Jan 1993
14	A Ranatunga	0	1	1	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995
15	ADR Campbell	0	1	1	Zim	Ind	Harare	07 Oct 1998
16	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	22 Sep 1999
17	JC Adams	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Perth	01 Dec 2000
18	Khaled Mashud	0	1	1	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	09 Jan 2002
19	Khaled Mahmud	0	1	1	Ban	Aus	Cairns	25 Jul 2003
20	Younis Khan	0	1	1	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
21	D Ganga	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
22	Mohd Ashraful	0	1	1	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008
23	MP Vaughan	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
24	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	17 Dec 2008
25	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
26	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
27	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
28	DJG Sammy	0	1	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
29	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	03 Dec 2010
30	MJ Clarke	0	1	1	Aus	Ind	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
31	D Ramdin	0	1	1	Win	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
32	AG Cremer	0	1	1	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016
33	JO Holder	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
34	LD Chandimal	0	1	1	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
35	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

Kapil Dev {02} and RT Ponting {04} are the two captains who are dismissed for a first ball duck in the first innings of a test on two or more occasions

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
2	N Kapil Dev	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
1	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	17 Dec 2008
2	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	SAF	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
3	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
4	RT Ponting	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	03 Dec 2010

F du Plessis became the second captain to collect the first ball duck in the first innings of a test at Johannesburg. AJ Strauss of England had collected the first ball duck against South Africa at Johannesburg in Jan 2010.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
2	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

F du Plessia became the ninth captain to collect the first ball duck in a test innings in the tests played on South African soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PF Warner	0	1	3	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	06 Mar 1906
2	KR Rutherford	0	1	3	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994
3	Rashid Latif	0	1	2	Pak	SAF	Port Elizabeth	06 Mar 1998
4	SM Pollock	0	1	2	SAF	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
5	GC Smith	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
6	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
7	MJ Clarke	0	1	3	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
8	D Ramdin	0	1	3	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015
9	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

F du Plessis became the third South African captain to collect the first ball duck in a test innings on  South African soil. Others are  SM Pollock and GC Smith

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Pollock	0	1	2	SAF	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
2	GC Smith	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
3	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

Of the nine occasions on which captains collected the first ball duck on South African soil, four of them collected at Johannesburg. All such occasions are tabulated below. F du Plessis became the  first captain to collect the first ball duck in a test at Johannesburg.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PF Warner	0	1	3	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	06 Mar 1906
2	KR Rutherford	0	1	3	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994
3	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
4	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018