7 instances of both openers scoring ducks in an IPL match

#3 Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)

To have Gilchrist and Gibbs open the batting would have been any team owner's delight

After being at the inflicting end just a couple of days ago, Deccan Chargers found themselves at the receiving end against CSK on May 4th, 2009 in Buffalo Park, East London.

Having won the toss and batted first, MS Dhoni’s unbeaten 52 took his team’s total to an above par 178.

To have been able to chase down such a total, the Chargers needed a solid opening stand and they had all their hopes resting on the shoulders of their explosive pair of captain Gilchrist and Gibbs.

Albie Morkel, who opened the attack for CSK, bowled a full length ball to Gilchrist who was struck on his back leg, a result of a failed attempt to whack the ball through mid-wicket.

With the right-hander bowling over the wicket to the southpaw, the umpire did not have much to ponder over before raising the deadly finger as the Charger’s skipper went for a golden duck.

Morkel ended the over as a wicket maiden and Sudeep Tyagi shared the new ball from the other end.

On just his second legal delivery, Gibbs, much like his captain, tried to stroke a full-length delivery on middle stump through the mid-wicket region, only to miss it completely before the ball ricocheted on to the stumps off his pads.

With two of their batting mainstays headed to the pavilion, victory would have always remained an improbable task for the eventual winners of IPL 2009; and so it proved to be as they bundled out for a mere hundred runs in less than 15 overs, thus losing the match by a hefty margin of 78 runs.