India vs South Africa 2nd Test: Cheteshwar Pujara Registers First Golden Duck of His Test Career

Overall, this was Pujara's fourth duck in Test cricket.

New Delhi: India’s Test specialist batsman Cheteshwar Pujara registered his first golden duck in red-ball cricket when he got run-out off the first ball he faced in the second Test against South Africa on Sunday. The Saurashtra batsman played 92 innings in Test cricket without ever getting out for a first-ball duck.

In the ongoing India vs South Africa second Test at Centurion, Pujara proved out to be unlucky as he departed on the very first ball he faced, thus recording his first golden duck. Coming at no.3 to bat, Pujara flicked his first delivery only to get run out. He took on debutant Lungisani Ngidi, but a direct hit got the better of him.

Overall, this was Pujara’s fourth duck in Test cricket. Interestingly, the last time Pujara was dismissed for no score, he was run out. It came in 2016-17 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Dharamsala.

Also, Pujara has been run out for the most number of times in Test Cricket since 2012 and the 29-year old has also been involved in five of the last six runout dismissals of Indians in Test cricket.

Most times runout in Test cricket since 2012:

5 – CHETESHWAR PUJARA
4 – Rangana Herath / Ross Taylor#SAvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 14, 2018

Lowest batting averages in India-South Africa Tests:

5.29 – Venkatesh Prasad
5.44 – Ishant Sharma
6.22 – Paul Harris
7.78 – Makhaya Ntini
8.50 – Javagal Srinath
9.27 – ROHIT SHARMA#SAvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 14, 2018

Meanwhile, India have once again found themselves in trouble after losing the top order cheaply. At the time of the filing this report, India have lost five wickets with Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya present on the crease. The visitors are still trailing by 159 runs.