While there are four other batsmen who managed four ducks in a season in previous years during the IPL, Pooran’s series of ducks are unusual.
He started the tournament with a one-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals followed by a second-ball duck against Chennai Super Kings.
He was then run out without facing a ball against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). On Friday, he was dismissed for zero on the third ball he faced.
Herschelle Gibbs (2009), Mithun Manhas (2011), Manish Pandey (2012) and Shikhar Dhawan (2020) are the previous batsmen to have got four successive scores of ducks.
The Trinidadian Pooran on Friday decided to donate a portion of his salary to Covid-19 relief in India.
“Although many other countries are still being affected by the pandemic, the situation in India right now is particularly severe. I will do my part to bring awareness and financial assistance to this dire situation,” the 25-year-old West Indian said in a video on Twitter on Friday.
“To all my fans and supporters, I…