India opener KL Rahul has joined a rather unwanted record after he was dismissed on the first ball of the first Test of the 3-match series against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday.
Rahul became only the third batsman ever to be dismissed for a golden duck at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The other two batsmen on this unwanted list are Sudhir Naik and Sunil Gavaskar. Woorkeri Raman, Shiv Sunder Das, and Wasim Jaffer are the other Indian batsmen to be dismissed on the first ball in a Test cricket but not in Kolkata.
Sudhir Naik v WI (Bowler: Andy Roberts), 1974/75
Sunil Gavaskar v WI (Bowler: Malcolm Marshall), 1983/84
KL Rahul v SL (Bowler: Suranga Lakmal), 2017/18
Rahul joined this demoralizing list after he was dismissed for a duck by Suranga Lakmal which gave the visitors the perfect start in this clash. Lakmal forced Rahul to go for the drive the ball after it landed just on off-stump. However, the ball seamed away enough to take an edge off the bat and wicket-keeper Dickwella didn’t make any mistake.
Meanwhile, this is only the second time in his career that Rahul has been dismissed for a duck in his Test career as the last time it happened was in the Vizag Test against England in 2016.
