Opening batsmen collecting the first-ball duck in an innings in T20Is. JM Bairstow of England and Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan join the list

Opening batsmen collecting the first-ball duck in an innings in T20Is. JM Bairstow of England and Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan join the list

JM Bairstow of England was dismissed for a first ball duck against New Zealand at Wellington on 03.11.19 to provide the 135th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JL Denly 0 1 2 Eng Aus Manchester 30 Aug 2009
2 JL Denly 0 1 1 Eng RSA Johannesburg 13 Nov 2009
3 JJ Roy 0 1 1 Eng Pak Sharjah 30 Nov 2015
4 SW Billings 0 1 2 Eng Ind Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
5 JJ Roy 0 1 2 Eng Win Chester-le-Street 16 Sep 2017
6 JM Bairstow 0 1 2 Eng NZl Wellington 03 Nov 2019

Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia at Sydney on 03.11.19 to provide the 136th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 0 1 1 Pak Srl Colombo (RPS) 12 Aug 2009
2 Kamran Akmal 0 1 2 Pak Aus Gros Islet 02 May 2010
3 Shahzaib Hasan 0 1 1 Pak Aus Birmingham 05 Jul 2010
4 Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak Eng Abu Dhabi 27 Feb 2012
5 Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak Srl Hambantota 01 Jun 2012
6 Ahmed Shehzad 0 1 2 Pak Win Dhaka 01 Apr 2014
7 Rafatullah Mohmand 0 1 2 Pak Eng Sharjah 30 Nov 2015
8 Haris Sohail 0 1 1 Pak Aus Harare 05 Jul 2018
9 Fakhar Zaman 0 1 2 Pak Srl Lahore 09 Oct 2019
10 Fakhar Zaman 0 1 1 Pak Aus Sydney 03 Nov 2019

Fakhar  Zaman became the fourth Pakistan opening batsman to collect the first ball duck in a T20I innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 0 1 2 Pak Aus Gros Islet 02 May 2010
2 Shahzaib Hasan 0 1 1 Pak Aus Birmingham 05 Jul 2010
3 Haris Sohail 0 1 1 Pak Aus Harare 05 Jul 2018
4 Fakhar Zaman 0 1 1 Pak Aus Sydney 03 Nov 2019

Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman are the three Pakistan openers to collect the first ball duck on two occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 0 1 1 Pak Srl Colombo (RPS) 12 Aug 2009
2 Kamran Akmal 0 1 2 Pak Aus Gros Islet 02 May 2010
                 
1 Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak Eng Abu Dhabi 27 Feb 2012
2 Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak Srl Hambantota 01 Jun 2012
                 
1 Fakhar Zaman 0 1 2 Pak Srl Lahore 09 Oct 2019
2 Fakhar Zaman 0 1 1 Pak Aus Sydney 03 Nov 2019
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