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In this post, we have made a list of all those batsmen who have scored a DUCK on their birthday.
| Birthday | Batsman | Runs (Balls) | For | Against | Venue | Date |
| 34 | Mark Burgess | 0 (2) | New Zealand | England | Old Trafford | 17-Jul-78 |
| 29 | Kim Hughes | 0 (2) | Australia | England | SCG | 26-Jan-83 |
| 28 | John Bracewell | 0 (2) | New Zealand | Pakistan | Sharjah | 15-Apr-86 |
| 19 | Asif Mujtaba | 0 (10) | Pakistan | West Indies | Gujranwala | 04-Nov-86 |
| 30 | Bryan Young | 0 (3) | New Zealand | India | Kotla | 03-Nov-94 |
| 24 | Basit Ali | 0 (2) | Pakistan | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 13-Dec-94 |
| 36 | Pat Symcox | 0 (1) | South Africa | India | Sharjah | 14-Apr-96 |
| 29 | Junior Murray | 0 (1) | West Indies | Pakistan | MCG | 20-Jan-97 |
| 23 | Makhaya Ntini | 0 (0) | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Galle | 06-Jul-00 |
| 26 | Azhar Mahmood | 0 (1) | Pakistan | New Zealand | Dunedin | 28-Feb-01 |
| 23 | Daniel Vettori | 0 (2) | New Zealand | South Africa | Adelaide Oval | 27-Jan-02 |
| 31 | Nathan Astle | 0 (2) | New Zealand | Australia | SSC | 15-Sep-02 |
| 28 | Dinesh Mongia | 0 (4) | India | Pakistan | Kotla | 17-Apr-05 |
| 32 | Russell Arnold | 0 (3) | Sri Lanka | India | Nagpur | 25-Oct-05 |
| 37 | Glenn McGrath | 0 (2) | Australia | England | MCG | 09-Feb-07 |
| 25 | Ian Bell | 0 (10) | England | Bangladesh | Kensington Oval | 11-Apr-07 |
| 26 | Hamilton Masakadza | 0 (6) | Zimbabwe | Bangladesh | Bulawayo | 09-Aug-09 |
| 21 35 | Axar Patel Shahid Afridi | 0 (1) 0 (2) | India Pakistan | England Zimbabwe | The Gabba Brisbane | 20-Jan-15 01-Mar-15
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India’s Axar Patel is the latest inclusion in this list. Axar scored a first ball duck on his 21st birthday in the Carlton MID tri-series 2015, against England at The Gabba. Axar Patel is the second Indian to make a duck on his birthday. Dinesh Mongia scored a duck on his 28th birthday, against Pakistan in 2005.
Axar Patel is the fourth player after Pat Symcox, Junior Murray and Azhar Mahmood to score a golden duck in ODIs on his respective birthday. Asif Mujtaba and Ian Bell played 10 balls for their birthday ducks.
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By Aniket Arora
Note: Stats updated till 30/01/2015
