Cheteshwar Pujara becomes the first Indian batsman to get run-out twice in a Test match, here's the full list!

Cheteshwar Pujara would want to forget the Centurion Test as early as possible for creating an unwanted record

Arun Rawal
Jan 17, 2018

India’s top order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara today entered the record books for all the wrong reasons. Pujara became the first Indian batsman to get run out in both the innings of a Test match. Pujara got out for a golden duck in the first innings of the second Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion. On Day 5, he got out in a controversial manner trying to take the second run in the first session. His run out turned out to be a game-changing one as India got bundled out in the first session thereby losing the Test as well as the entire Test series.

This is the first instance in 17 years that a batsman got run out twice in a single Test. He also became the fifth batsman to record a duck in one of the two innings where he also got run out. The only batsman who got run out for two ducks in a Test match is Windies batsman John Trim. The 29-year-old is the 25th batsman overall to achieve this feat.

Here’s the list of batsman who got run out in both innings of a Test in chronological order –

1. Peter McAlister (Australia) 10, 15 vs England on January 1, 1908
2. Charles Kelleway (Australia) 59, 18 vs South Africa on February 17, 1911
3. Jack Ryder (Australia) 5, 6 vs England on December 17, 1920
4. John Trim (Windies) 0, 0 vs Australia on December 31, 1951
5. Jeffrey Stollmeyer (Windies) 0, 28 vs England on February 6, 1954
6. Ian Meckiff (Australia) 4, 2 vs Windies on December 9, 1960
7. Joe Soloman (Australia) 45, 36 vs Australia on February 10, 1961
8. Noel McGregor (New Zealand) 3, 11 vs South Africa on February 28, 1964
9. Richard Martin Edwards (Windies) 22, 1 vs New Zealand on March 7, 1969
10. Clive Lloyd (Windies) 15, 57 vs India on February 18, 1971
11. John Jameson (England) 82, 16 vs India on August 19, 1971
12. Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) 51, 25 vs Australia on December 29, 1972
13. Allan Border (Australia) 7, 1 vs Pakistan on December 11, 1981
14. Mark Taylor (Australia) 3, 36 vs Windies on February 3, 1989
15. Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 4, 0 vs Windies on November 23, 1990
16. Mark Taylor (Australia) 5, 4 vs England on January 25, 1991
17. Ian Healy (Australia) 53, 47 vs Windies on March 23, 1991
18. Andrew Jones (New Zealand) 81, 26 vs Pakistan on February 24, 1994
19. Jo Angel (Australia) 11, 0 vs England on February 3, 1995
20. Adam Parore (New Zealand) 25, 2 vs Sri Lanka on March 14, 1997
21. Hansie Cronje (South Africa) 21, 24 vs Windies on December 10, 1998
22. Ian Healy (Australia) 6,10 vs Windies on March 13, 1999
23. Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) 37, 6 vs Zimbabwe on November 26, 1999
24. Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) 22, 55 vs Zimbabwe on December 26, 2000
25. Cheteshwar Pujara (India) 0, 19 vs South Africa on January 17, 2018

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(Stats courtesy: ESPNCricinfo)

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Indian batting lineup once again put up a disappointing feat after they got all out for 153 runs in the second Test. They failed to win the Test series and thus missed a chance to claim victory in the South African soil. Lungisani Ngidi shattered the Indian batting lineup and claimed a six-wicket haul on his debut. He was awarded man of the match for his effort.