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Andre Russell becomes third Caribbean batsman to be dismissed for ‘diamond duck’ in T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2021: In the ICC T20 World Cup (ICC T20 WC) on Friday, West Indies (WI) defeated Bangladesh (BAN) by 3 runs in a thrilling match. Batting first, West Indies had given a target of 143 runs, but Bangladesh’s team could not achieve the target. In this match, a unique record was recorded in the name of West Indies explosive batsman Andre Russell. Russell returned to Diamond Duck in the match. Will tell you what a Diamond Duck is. Apart from this, it is also telling how many players have been dismissed like this in the T20 World Cup so far.

Know what is Diamond Duck?
Actually, when a batsman comes to the crease and gets out on zero without playing any ball, then it is called a diamond duck. Against Bangladesh, Russell came to the crease and was run out while taking a run from the non-strike end. In this way Andre Russell returned to the pavilion on Diamond Duck.

Russell becomes third Caribbean batsman to be dismissed for ‘diamond duck’ in T20 World Cup
Russell is the first batsman to be dismissed for a diamond duck in the T20 World Cup 2021. Apart from this, he is the third Caribbean batsman to make this record in the T20 World Cup. Before him, in 2010, Kieron Pollard was out on a diamond duck against England. After this, in the year 2014, against Bangladesh, West Indies’ Lendl Simmons was out on Diamond.

This record has been recorded in the name of 11 batsmen so far in the T20 World Cup.
A total of 11 batsmen have been dismissed for Diamond Duck in the history of T20 World Cup. These include Daniel Vettori, Mohd. Amir, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Yardi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lendl Simmons, Mahela Jayawardene, David Willey, Mustafizur Rahman and Andre Russell are included.

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