Top 5: Prominent players who started their T20 career with a duck

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 20:  MS Dhoni of India in action during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Championship Super Eights match between South Africa and India at Kingsmead on September 20, 2007 in Durban, South Africa.  (Photo by Duif du Toit/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
For all his exploits in the 2007 World Cup, Dhoni started his T20 career with a duck

#3 Younis Khan: Pakistan vs England, August 2006, Bristol

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 26: Younis Khan of Pakistan bats during game one of the Twenty20 series between New Zealand and Pakistan at Eden Park on December 26, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand.  (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
Younis Khan enjoyed a disastrous debut in Pakistan's first match in the format

The legendary Pakistan batsman retired from all formats of the game a few months back but he wouldn't want to be reminded of a disastrous T20 career, save for captaining the side to victory in the 2009 World T20. England had made just 144 batting first at Bristol and Younis Khan walked in after the fall of opener Shoaib Malik's wicket with the score on 23.

Stuart Broad, who had trapped Malik in front, stormed in and bowled a throat delivery. Younis, who was facing his first ball, decided to throw his bat at the bouncer but merely gloved it to the keeper to depart for a golden duck. It was also Pakistan's first T20I match. They went on to win the game courtesy of Shahid Afridi.

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