7 instances of both openers scoring ducks in an IPL match

#4 Luke Ronchi and J P Duminy (Mumbai Indians)

The pair reunited in the Pakistan Super League

Buffalo Park in East London once again proved to be an opener’s nightmare as it experienced the next instance of a pair of openers getting out without opening their accounts. The teams involved this time were Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils.

Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Mumbai had a new opening pair which comprised of their most successful batsman that season-Jean Paul Duminy who was accompanied by Sanath Jayasuriya's replacement Luke Ronchi. Dirk Nannes opened the bowling for the Gambhir-led Delhi team.

Ronchi played the second ball of the innings with soft hands towards David Warner at short cover and set off for a quick but unlikely single.

The excellent fielder that Warner is, his direct hit at the non-striker’s end found Ronchi short of his crease and thus he had to continue running towards the pavilion for a nought.

After playing three dot balls off Nannes, two of which beat him, Duminy decided to fish at a ball well outside his off stump.

The slight away movement on the new ball induced the outside edge as Dinesh Karthik completed an easy catch behind the stumps and Mumbai were left tottering at 1-2, making it the third instance inside one week for both openers scoring ducks in IPL.

The Indians were not able to recover from the jolts at the top of the order as they only managed a below-par total of 116 in their 20 overs, chasing which Delhi lost just three wickets for a morale-boosting victory.