5 Indian Cricketers who scored a duck in their first ODI but became legends

Morning shows the day is an idiom which isn't always applicable in sports. CricTracker looks at five Indian cricketers who scored a duck in their first ODI but went on to become legends.

By Adreej Kumar Mitra

Updated - 21 Jun 2025, 11:16 IST

4 Min Read

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar (Source: Twitter)

Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the greatest batter to have ever played the game. He made his Test debut in November 1989 and scored 15 runs against Pakistan. On December 18, 1989, Tendulkar made his ODI debut, once again against Pakistan in Gujranwala, and was dismissed by Waqar Younis for a two-ball duck.

However, Tendulkar smashed one record after the other during his illustrious career and eventually retired with the most runs and centuries in Tests as well as ODIs. Tendulkar scored more than 34000 runs and picked up 200 wickets in the two formats combined. The Master Blaster also played a T20I in which he scored 10 runs and bagged a wicket. 

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