Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener Jos Buttler on Sunday joined a list of unfortunate players who have registered four ducks in a single season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The England batter registered this unwanted record to his name during his side’s IPL 2023 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter. In the match, Buttler was dismissed for a two-ball duck by Wayne Parnell.
The other batters who have had four ducks in a single IPL season previously are: Herchelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers, 2009), Mithun Manhas (Pune Warriors India, 2011), Manish Pandey (Pune Warriors India, 2012), Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals, 2020), Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders, 2021) and Nicholas Pooran (Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2021).
In the ongoing season, Buttler has scored 392 runs in 13 matches at an average of 30.15 and a strike rate of 141.00, with a total of four half-centuries.
Buttler has faced problems scoring during run chases this year, having scores of 19,0,40,0,0,0 to his name while chasing