Top 10 players (current) to score most ducks in ODI career

Top 10 players (current) to score most ducks in ODI career: There are only 3 surefire ways to get famous in ODI cricket. Get 100s and loads of them, get wickets and a bucketful of them or the more infamous way, get lots of ducks. If a player has had a long career, he is bound to collect some ducks on the way and that collection sometimes amount to a handful. Here are the top 10 duck gatherers of ODI history, given most of them are bowlers who don’t get much chance to bat, but some of them have serious batting chops in them. 10. 15 – Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/Sri Lanka 2000-2015) Mts: 401 Kumar Sangakkara has 15 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: Associated Press) The Sri Lankan superstar has had a long ODI career which will culminate after the 2015 World Cup and he has gathered 15 ducks so far in his career. Sangakkara debuted in 2000 to replace Romesh Kaluwitarana in the Sri Lankan set up. And he did impress the selectors and fans with his spotless keeping and superbly elegant batting. Sangakkara gave up the gloves in Test cricket to Prasanna Jayawardene, but continues to keep in the shorter formats. Sangakkara also captained the Sri Lankan team to the 2011 World Cup final. 9. 15 – Zaheer Khan (Asia/India 2000-2012) Mts: 200 Zaheer Khan has 15 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: AFP) Currently out of favor Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has collected 15 ducks in his 200 matches. Zaheer is more famous for his wily left arm pace bowling and his fours sixes off four balls to Henry Olonga in 2001. Zaheer Khan showed the crowd that he could bat and he could hold his own against any bowler pace or spin. That is evident from his highest score in Test 75. 8. 18 – Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India 2000-2013) Mts: 293 Yuvraj has 18 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: ICC) Man of tournament of 2011 World Cup Yuvraj Singh has collected 18 ducks in his 293 matches so far. Currently out of form and out of favor, Yuvraj couldn’t make the cut for the 15 man squad to the World Cup. A powerful yet effortless left-handed batsman and more than a capable left arm spinner who could bowl 10 overs regularly in the ODI setup. Not quite the fielder he used to be in his youth, Yuvraj still has the ability to make that wonderful stop or take those unbelievable catches. 7. 18 – Brendon McCullum (New Zealand 2002-2015) Mts: 244 Brendon McCullum has 18 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: Getty Images) Current Kiwi Captain and the hottest batsman in the ongoing 2015 World Cup, Brendon McCullum has 18 ducks in his 244 matches so far. Since he plays a high risk game in the start of the innings, it is given that he may get out early, but when he gets going, it is just a site to see 150 kmph balls sailing over the point and cover boundaries. McCullum has redefined the opening batting once more. He has also made New Zealand into a world beater team rather than the underdog tags they are always associated with. 6. 22- Younis Khan (Pakistan 2000-2015) Mts: 263 Younis Khan has 22 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: Getty Images) Pakistani veteran Younis Khan has 22 ducks in 263 matches. A susceptible and nervous starter Younis has been out for ducks a couple of times in series. Younis debuted in 2000 and has been a very integral part of the Pakistan team. He has also captained Pakistan to the World T20 championship in 2010. He recently made a comeback into the ODI team on basis of runs scoring in the Test series against New Zealand. 5. 22 – Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka 2004-2015) Mts: 181 Lasith Malinga has 22 ducks in his career. (Image Source : AFP) Sri Lanka’s premier fast bowler Lasith Malinga sits on the 5th spot with 22 ducks to his name. Known more for his bowling rather than his batting, Malinga still has a 50 to his name in ODI cricket. He once helped Thisara Perera win a match from an impossible position against Australia. 4. 23 – Chris Gayle (ICC/West Indies 1999-2015)Mts: 267 Chris Gayle has 23 ducks in his career. (Photo Source: AFP ) Chris Gayle who scored the first ever double century in World Cup history recently has 23 ducks in his ODI career. Due to indifferent form and struggles with the West Indian cricket board, he has been not in any flow of batting. Despite that, he is a dangerous batsman who has made his name as a T20 mercenary cricketer recently, playing in every T20 league in the world. 3. 23- Daniel Vettori (ICC/New Zealand 1997-2015)Mts:290 Daniel Vettori has 23 ducks in his career.(Picture Source: AFP/Getty Images) Former Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori has played 290 matches to date and has 23 ducks to his name. Though he has 6 centuries to his name in Test cricket, coming in at number 8 does not give him much time to get an eye in or play some balls, so most of time he slogs and in the process of quick runs, gets out. Nevertheless he has been of the most likable world class players New Zealand has produced. 2. 28- Mahela Jayawardene (Asia/Sri Lanka 1998-2015) Mts: 445 Mahela Jayawardene has 28 ducks in his career.(Photo Source: BCCI) Currently playing is last and final ODI tournament in the 2015 World Cup, Mahela Jayawardene has played the second most matches in ODI format and has scored 28 ducks. An elegant player of both fast bowler and spinner, Jayawardene has amasses 12625 runs in 445 matches. He made his debut in 1998 and has already announced retirement form all forms of the game after the World Cup. 1. 30- Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pakistan 1996-2015)Mts: 394 Shahid Afridi has 447 sixes in Intl. Cricket career. (Photo Source: AFP) The ageless Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has the most ducks in ODI matches-30. Primarily debuting in 1996 as a batsman who could bowl, Afridi hit the then fastest hundred in 37 balls against Sri Lanka. Currently he has played 394 matches and has taken more than 400 wickets in the ODI format. His batting has declined very much in recent times and he has become a more of a miss and hit batsman and that has added to his duck gathering. (Also read Top 5 highest successful ODI chases losing only 1 or no wicket) *All stats are updated till 2 March 2015.