Jonny Bairstow breaks unwanted record with eighth duck against India in third Test

New Delhi: India started day 3 of the third Test positively as they picked up three quick wickets in the first session. Joe Root was the first to go after a bizarre reverse sweep that went straight to Yashasvi Jaiswal at the slips. Root departed for 18 (31) in the 40th over.

Jonny Bairstow was the next one to depart as he registered a four-ball duck. On the 4th ball of the 41st over, Jonny failed to read Kuldeep Yadav’s spin and was trapped in front of the wicket.

With the duck, the 34-year-old scripted an unwanted record. He went past Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria to register the most ducks in Test cricket against India. It was Bairstow’s eighth duck against the Rohit Sharma-led side in red-ball cricket.

Here is the list of players with the most ducks against India.

8* -Jonny Bairstow7 – Danish Kaneria7 – Nathan Lyon6 – James Anderson6 – Shane Warne6 – Mervyn Dillon

Bairstow is having a poor series as he is yet to score a fifty in the ongoing five-match Test series. In the five innings, Jonny has amassed just 98 runs. Notably, the right-hand batter averages just 27.05 in Asian countries in Test cricket.

Talking about the ongoing match at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, India, batting first, put 445 runs on the board. Rohit Sharma scored his 11th Test century and amassed 131 (196), which featured 14 fours and three sixes. Ravindra Jadeja too joined the party and scored a century in front of his home crowd.

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