IPL 2023: Virat Kohli earned the doubtful distinction of changing into the participant with the second-most variety of ‘golden geese’ in IPL throughout Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match towards Rajasthan Royals on the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. His golden duck towards Royals was his seventh golden duck within the match. Data confirmed that he holds the second place alongwith Sunil Narine and Harbhajan Singh. The excellence of probably the most variety of golden geese nonetheless stands with Rashid Khan — he is been out off the primary supply ten (10) instances. 

On Sunday, Kohli opened the batting alongwith Faf du Plessis and was out leg-before off the primary ball of the innings bowled by Trent Boult. Regardless of such a torrid begin, RCB’s innings was held collectively by Glenn Maxwell (77 runs off 44 balls) and skipper Du Plessis (62 runs of 39 balls), as they put up a complete of 189 runs for the lack of 9 wickets in stipulated 20 overs. In reply, the Royals might solely muster 182 runs for the lack of 6 wickets of their quota of overs. Devdutt Padikkal top-scored with a 52 off 34 deliveries, whereas Harshal Patel claimed 3 necessary scalps.

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What do ‘golden’, ‘platinum’ and ‘royal’ duck imply? Varieties of geese in cricket

Whereas a ‘duck’ implies that a participant bought out for a zero (0 – a determine that appears much like a duck’s egg), it is known as a ‘golden duck’ when the participant is out off the primary supply they face.   

Worse nonetheless, a participant can get out with out going through a authorized supply (run-out on the non-striker’s finish); such a nought is named a ‘diamond duck’.  

Nevertheless, Kohli additionally bought out off the primary supply of the match, which might qualify as a ‘platinum duck’ or a ‘royal duck’. 

In Check matches, if a participant will get out on zero in each innings, then they’re mentioned to have gotten a ‘pair’. And a ‘king pair’ is that if a participant will get ‘golden geese’ — or they get out off the primary supply they face in each the innings.