CENTURION – Both Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed and South Africa skipperFaf du Plessis have made history in the world of cricket.
Both were dismissed for a ‘duck’ in both innings of the match.
A ‘pair’ in cricket refers to when a batsman is dismissed for a ‘duck’(without scoring) in both innings. It is called a ‘king pair’ if thebatsman gets out for a ‘golden duck’ (getting out on the first ball hefaced) in both innings.
However, du Plessis got out on very first ball he faced in the firstinnings, which is called a ‘golden duck’. He was dismissed on the sixthball he faced in the second innings and thus he avoided from getting a‘king pair’ in the Test.
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This is for the first time in Test cricket that two players made ‘pairs’ ascaptains in the same Test.
