By Admin 
From children to adults, people are seen playing cricket in every street and locality of India. Forget about street cricket, there has been a lot of debate about the rules even in international cricket. There are many rules of this game, of which you may still be unaware. Often batsmen get out on the score of ‘0’, but do you know that whenever a batsman is out on ‘0’, he is given 8 different names.
What are the players called who are out on ‘0’?
Whenever a batsman is out on ‘0’, it is called a duck. But you might not know that there are 8 types of ‘Duck’. When a batsman is out without scoring a run on the first ball of his innings, then it is called ‘Golden Duck’. Getting out on the second ball of an innings without scoring a run is called a ‘silver duck’. If a batsman is out on the third ball of his innings without scoring any runs, then it is called ‘Bronze Duck’.
Many times, if a batsman gets out on the score of ‘0’ without playing any ball, then it is called ‘Diamond Duck’. This usually happens through run out. When a batsman is out on ‘0’ on the first ball of the match, it is called ‘Platinum Duck’.
Out on ‘0’ in both the innings of the Test, what would you call that?
If a batsman becomes victim of a ‘golden duck’ in both the innings of a test match. That is, if he is out on the score of ‘0’ on the first ball in both the innings, then it is called ‘King Pair’. Apart from this, when a batsman is out without scoring any runs in both the test innings. It is not necessary that it be a golden duck. In such a situation it is called ‘pair’. If there is only one ball left for the end of the innings, if a batsman gets out on ‘0’ on his very first ball, then it is called ‘laughing duck’.
8 types of ducks in international cricket: Golden Duck, Silver Duck, Bronze Duck, Laughing Duck, Platinum Duck, Diamond Duck, Pair, King Pair
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