7 instances of both openers scoring ducks in an IPL match

#2 Graeme Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar (Rajasthan Royals)

The left hand-right hand combination of Smith and Asnodkar was not as effective as it was thought to be

On May 2nd 2009, in a match against Deccan Chargers being played at Port Elizabeth, Rajasthan’s opening pair of Goan batsman Swapnil Asnodkar and then South African skipper Graeme Smith came out in reply to Charger’s total of 141.

Windies pacer Fidel Edwards opened the bowling for the Gilchrist led Chargers and it took him only a couple of balls to get a breakthrough.

Smith played an uppercut to a delivery pitched short and outside off, and being uppish it was cleanly taken by the fielder running in from third man.

The batsman crossed over and Asnodkar played the next ball with soft hands in the direction of Herschelle Gibbs fielding at point.

Lee Carseldine called for a single from the non-striker's end to which the right-handed opener was late to react to, thus leading him to be run out by the teamwork of Gibbs and RP Singh.

However, lower order contributions from skipper Shane Warne (21), Abhishek Raut (36* off 23 balls) and Yusuf Pathan (24) helped Rajasthan cross the winning line with just two balls to spare making them the only team to win from a precarious position of losing both their openers for ducks.