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Rohit Sharma Golden Duck: On the cricket field, records are sometimes set that no player or team would ever want to remember. Something of this nature unfolded during the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Chasing a stiff target of 334 runs, the Indian team got off to a disastrous start with Rohit Sharma setting an unwanted record on the very first ball of the innings—a moment that grabbed the attention of the entire cricketing world.
Matt Henry's Lethal Over & Rohit Sharma's Shocking Golden Duck
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In this match, New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry wreaked havoc, effectively breaking the back of the Indian batting lineup in the very first over. Henry delivered a short-length ball to start the over, which took the outside edge of Indian captain and star opener Rohit Sharma’s bat, resulting in an easy catch for Finn Allen at first slip.
Rohit was dismissed for a golden duck out on the very first ball he faced. This wicket also brought an end to an impressive streak that had spanned 205 innings. It was the first time in his ODI career, while opening the batting, that Rohit was dismissed on the very first ball of an innings.
The trouble did not end there; in the same over, Henry also sent Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer back to the pavilion. With three wickets falling for no runs in the opening over, the Indian team could not recover and ultimately suffered a heavy defeat by a margin of 244 runs.
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List of Indian Openers Dismissed on the First Ball in ODIs
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Rohit Sharma’s name has now been added to the list of select Indian openers who have been dismissed on the very first ball of an innings in ODI cricket.
Let’s take a look at this unwanted list:- Sourav Ganguly: 3 times
- Virender Sehwag: 3 times
- Rohit Sharma: 1 time (a new addition)
- Sunil Gavaskar: 1 time
- Ravi Shastri: 1 time
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth: 1 time
- Manoj Prabhakar: 1 time
Also Read: IND vs NZ 4th ODI Highlights: New Zealand Crushes India by 244 Runs
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