5 famous batsmen dismissed for duck on 3 or more occasions in India-SA Tests

Herschelle Gibbs (3)

Herschelle Gibbs

The mercurial Herschelle Gibbs, who made his Test debut against India at Kolkata in 1996, also got a few blobs against them. His first duck came in the 1996 Durban Test when he was caught by Nayan Mongia off rookie David Johnson. Gibbs got a 10-ball duck even as South Africa eased to victory.

Gibbs then registered a pair in the 2006 Johannesburg Test. In the first innings, he was caught by Virender Sehwag off Khan, and in the second innings by Sachin Tendulkar, again off the same bowler. He faced only four balls each in both the innings.

Gibbs did not finish with a great record against India, averaging 32.16 despite two hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar (3)

Sachin Tendulkar

Just to prove that he is only human, Sachin Tendulkar also fell without scoring three times in India-South Africa Tests.

His first duck came in the 1992 Test at Port Elizabeth, which South Africa won by nine wickets. In the second innings, Tendulkar was caught behind first ball off the pace bowling of the express Brett Schultz.

Then, in the 2006 Durban Test, Tendulkar was trapped lbw by Ntini for a 7-ball zero as India managed only 179 chasing a tough 354. The master blaster also registered a duck in the same innings that Sehwag made 319, at Chennai in 2008. He was caught by Kallis off Ntini for 0 from 5 balls.

Overall though, Tendulkar had an impressive record against South Africa, with 1741 runs from 25 Tests with seven hundreds at an average of 42.46.