Jonny Bairstow Unwanted Record: Jonny Bairstow was out without opening his account in the third Test being played against India in Rajkot. Kuldeep Yadav showed Bairstow the way to the pavilion. With this ‘duck’ against India, the English batsman has made a very shameful record in his name. Now Bairstow has become the batsman who has been out without opening an account the most number of times against India in Tests.
In this unwanted record, Bairstow left many bowlers behind. Bowlers often come out to bat last and due to not having much experience in batting, they mostly get out without opening the account. But being a batsman, Bairstow has gone ahead of him in this unwanted record. Through the Rajkot Test, Bairstow was out for a duck for the 8th time in a Test against India.
Bairstow left behind former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria and current Australia spinner Nathan Lyon. Kaneria was out without opening an account 7 times in Tests against India in his career. Apart from this, Nathan Lyon has also been out 7 times in Tests against India without opening his account. Kaneria has become the victim of a duck in 15 innings and Lyon in 40 innings. The names of many legendary bowlers are present in the list, in which Bairstow is at the top number.
Players who were out on ‘Duck’ in Test against India
- Jonny Bairstow (England) – 8 ducks in 37 innings
- Danish Kaneria (Pakistan) – 7 ducks in 15 innings
- Nathan Lyon (Aus) – 7 ducks in 40 innings
- James Anderson (England) – 6 ducks in 52 innings
- Mervyn Dhillon (West Indies) – 6 ducks in 15 innings
- Shane Warne (Australia) – 6 ducks in 22 innings.
Looks like a flop in the series against India
Let us tell you that Jonny Bairstow has looked a flop so far in the five-match Test series being played between India and England. In the first Test of the series played in Hyderabad, Bairstow scored 37 and 10 runs respectively. After this, in the second test held in Visakhapatnam, Bairstow could score only 25 and 26 runs respectively. Now the English batsman was out without opening the account in the first innings (of England) of the third Test in Rajkot.
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