Abdullah Shafiq becomes Duckman of Cricket: The cricket world has got a new Duckman. The one who made this shameful record is none other than Pakistan’s opening batsman Abdullah Shafiq. Actually, Pakistan team is on tour of South Africa. Where a 3-match ODI series was played. Abdullah came to open in these three matches. But Abdullah could not open his account in this series. He thus became the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for a duck in a 3-match bilateral ODI series as an opening batsman.
Suryakumar Yadav also ducked out and scored a hat-trick
Earlier, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill was out on zero thrice in the ODI series as an opener. But in 2015, he was out in the 7-match series against Sri Lanka. Apart from this, India’s Suryakumar Yadav has also scored a hat-trick of duckouts in the 3-match ODI series. He achieved this feat in the year 2023 in the 3-match ODI series against Australia.
Abdullah’s duckout record in multiple formats
Here let us tell you that Abdullah has also made a hat-trick of duckouts in T20 International. That is why he has been given the title of real Duckman of cricket. Abdullah has played 6 T20 matches so far. In which he was out on zero four consecutive times. In which he was out on zero twice against New Zealand and twice against Afghanistan.
