Sai Sudharsan becomes 29th Indian to score a Duck on Debut Test Innings, joins Two Tamil Nadu and India Legends

Sai Sudharsan got dismissed without troubling the scorers on his Test debut against England on Friday (June 20).

Making his debut in the Red Ball format, the southpaw had a brief stay at the crease, as he got dismissed just before Lunch on the first day of the match.

Sudharsan came into the crease at no. 3 after KL Rahul was dismissed. He looked anxious at the middle, eager to get off the mark. Sudharsan, known for his elegant strokeplay and consistency in domestic cricket, walked to the crease with high expectations. He was handed the debut cap by Cheteshwar Pujara, who is part of the commentary team in this series.

However, the debutant's stay at the crease was cut short, lasting just 4 balls before he was sent back to the pavilion. He managed a faint edge from an inswinging delivery of Ben Stokes, and Jamie Smith completed a simple catch.

Sai Sudharsan joins two Tamil Nadu legends in Duck List

With his dismissal, Sudharsan has now become only the 29th India player to have been dismissed for a duck in Test debut, the first in 14 years after Umesh Yadav had the same fate in 2011. Along with that, he has also joined two Tamil Nadu legends in the list. Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravichandran Ashwin, who have served India for years, also got dismissed for ducks on their debut Test innings.

India Players Out for Duck in Debut Test Innings

S.No.	Player Name	Year
1	CT Sarwate	1946
2	JK Irani	1947
3	SA Banerjee	1948
4	Ghulam Ahmed	1948
5	SP Gupte	1951
6	GS Ramchand	1952
7	JM Patel	1955
8	MS Hardikar	1958
9	VM Muddiah	1959
10	MM Sood	1960
11	BS Chandrasekhar	1964
12	UN Kulkarni	1967
13	ED Solkar	1969
14	Gundappa Viswanath	1969
15	DD Parsana	1979
16	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1981
17	Maninder Singh	1982
18	RGM Patel	1988
19	Vivek Razdan	1989
20	Abey Kuruvilla	1997
21	Robin Singh	1999
22	Devang Gandhi	1999
23	R Vijay Bharadwaj	1999
24	Ajay Ratra	2002
25	Parthiv Patel	2002
26	Wriddhiman Saha	2010
27	Ravichandran Ashwin	2011
28	Umesh Yadav	2011
29	Sai Sudharsan	2025

India ended on 92 for 2 at Lunch but have crossed the 100-mark in the second session. Yashasvi Jaiswal bats on 46 runs while Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 26 as the visitors are 124 for 2 at the time of publishing this article. Gill, in particular, has looked extremely aggressive, taking the attack to the English bowlers.