Suryakumar Yadav becomes first Indian to register three consecutive golden ducks in ODIs, second in all formats

Suryakumar Yadav on Wednesday became the first Indian player to get out for golden ducks in three consecutive innings after he was castled by Aston Agar during India vs Australia third ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Suryakumar Yadav (32) is not the first Indian to achieve the embarrassing feat as far as international cricket is concerned as Washington Sundar registered the same during T20Is between December 2019 and January 2020.

Sundar was out for a golden duck in three back-to-back innings against West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand across three different series. SKY, however, suffered the plight during India vs Australia ODI series with ducks in Mumbai and Vishakapatnam in space of six days.

Overall, the explosive middle-order batter became the fifth Indian to get out for three consecutive ducks behind batting great Sachin Tendulkar (1994), Anil Kumble (1994), Zaheer Khan (2003-04), Ishant Sharma (2010-11) and Jasprit Bumrah (2017-19).

In all formats, former pacer Ajit Agarkar holds the Indian and joint international record of five consecutive ducks in Test.

Suryakumar's third golden duck came at a crucial stage of the match as India were down to 185/5 with 50-up Virat Kohli back in the pavilion while India were chasing 270 in the series decider.

Facing Agar, who bowled a terrific spell that kept Kohli on his toe for much of the game, SKY failed to read a skidder that fell on the off stump and kept low to hit the wicket.

Earlier, Australia were all out for 269 in 49 overs after Steve Smith chose to bat first following toss. Opener Mitchell Marsh, who scored half-centuries in the first two games of the series, scored a 47 while Alex Carey (38) and Travis Head (33) played crucial knocks as well.

Hardik Pandya (3/44) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/56) were pick among Indian bowlers while Mohammad Siraj (2/37) and Axar Patel (2/56) were among wickets as well.