Five Test players with the most ducks since the start of 2024
Since the start of 2024, five Test players — including Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal — have recorded the highest number of ducks in Test matches.
Test cricket remains described as the toughest form of the game and the introduction of the ICC World Test Championship has added more excitement to the format; in Tests every score and statistic carries weight and batters can still fail to get off the mark. This article focuses on that unwanted batting record, listing the players with the most ducks in Tests since the start of 2024. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his international debut in 2023 and has been identified as a promising all-format batter, has struggled in 2026 and has recorded seven ducks in Tests since 2024.
Sri Lanka right-arm pacer Asitha Fernando is described as a key figure in Tests and ODIs and has been effective at different stages; in Tests he is said to be very close to taking 100 wickets. With the bat his average stands at 2.9, and he has recorded 8 ducks in this period across 15 Tests.
Mohammed Siraj is presented as one of India’s premier fast bowlers, noted for picking wickets at different stages and for a key role in the five-match Test series in England in 2025. With the bat he is characterised as a typical tailender and has recorded nine ducks since 2024; he also holds the second-most ducks in WTC history with 16.
Tied with Siraj, West Indies pacer Jayden Seales is reported to have nine wickets in Tests since 2024. Seales is identified as the youngest West Indian bowler to take a Test fifer at the age of 19 years and 336 days, and his Test batting average of 8.36 is cited when describing his contributions with the bat.
Jasprit Bumrah is described as probably the best all-format bowler in modern-day cricket and credited with many match-winning spells for India. The piece notes his vulnerability with the bat at times, mentions he holds the record for scoring the most runs in a single over in Tests, and places him at the top of this list with 12 ducks since 2024; overall Bumrah has 28 ducks, the most among active Test cricketers.
The all-time Test record for ducks is held by West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh, who recorded 43 ducks in his career.
