7 instances of both openers scoring ducks in an IPL match

#7 Jacques Kallis and Gautam Gambhir

Kallis and Gambhir played instrumental roles in KKR winning two championships

In the sixth match of IPL 2014 which saw it’s first leg being played out in the Middle East, KKR took on DD in Dubai.

Gambhir won the toss and decided that he would come out to open the innings with legendary all-rounder Kallis.

Mohammad Shami opened the bowling for Delhi and started off with a wide. His next ball though, was a peach as it took off from a back of a length and straightened on Kallis, who was forced to play at it.

The away moving nature of the ball induced Kallis’ edge on it’s way to the safe hands of Ross Taylor standing at slip.

Nathan Coulter-Nile was the one who partnered Shami with the new ball.

With his third ball, one which was pitched on leg stump and met Gambhir at hip-height, the Aussie pacer accounted for KKR’s captain who tried tucking the ball fine down the leg side but ended up giving a straight catch to Duminy at leg slip, placed specifically according to the plan by captain Dinesh Karthik.

With both openers and senior batsmen gone for nought, Manish Pandey and Uthappa steadied there ship as KKR ended up with 166 on the board.

This though, was not enough against the Delhi batting order as fifties from Karthik and Duminy helped them achieve victory in the last over of the match.