IPL 2009: Most Ducks

If there is one area where batsmen have gone one better in IPL 2009, it is in registering those dreaded blobs.

In 2008, the worst return was two ducks, which is what Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag among others ended up with.

This year, with 10 days left to go, we already have three batsmen who have registered three ducks.

Chawla and Ojha are both back in the list and they are joined by a new set of cricketing worthies.

Kings XI Punjab's Chawla, in fact, leads the pack along with Deccan Chargers' Herschelle Gibbs and Rajasthan Royals' Shane Warne , the trio having three ducks each against their respective names with Chawla having played 12 matches, Warne 11 and Gibbs nine.

A look at the other notable names.

Image: Gibbs leaves after his duck against Chennai Super Kings on May 4 and Chawla after his duck against Mumbai Indians on April 29.

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