Sai Sudharsan, who had a splendid run in the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), didn't have the best of start while playing his first Test. Sudharsan, 23, was handed his maiden Test cap in the ongoing first Test against England in Headingley, Leeds on Friday. His debut on June 20 also clashed with the maiden appearances of three of India's most celebrated batters and former captains, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli.
However, it was not the dream debut he would have hoped for and was packed for a four-ball duck. The instance also saw him join an unwanted list of Indian cricketers, featuring 29 other names, who were dismissed for a duck Test debut.
Check full list of Indians who scored a duck on Test debut
| Player | Opposition | Match | Ground |
| C T Sarwate | England | 20/07/1946 | Old Trafford |
| J K Irani | Australia | 28/11/1947 | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| S A Banerjee | West Indies | 31/12/1948 | Eden Gardens |
| Ghulam Ahmed | West Indies | 31/12/1948 | Eden Gardens |
| S P Gupte | England | 30/12/1951 | Eden Gardens |
| G S Ramchand | England | 05/06/1952 | Headingley |
| Jasubhai Patel | Pakistan | 26/02/1955 | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| M S Hardikar | West Indies | 28/11/1958 | Brabourne Stadium |
| V M Muddiah | Australia | 12/12/1959 | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| M M Sood | Australia | 13/01/1960 | Nehru Stadium (Chennai) |
| B S Chandrasekhar | England | 21/01/1964 | Brabourne Stadium |
| U N Kulkarni | Australia | 23/12/1967 | Adelaide Oval |
| E D Solkar | New Zealand | 15/10/1969 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
| G R Viswanath | Australia | 15/11/1969 | Green Park |
| D D Parsana | West Indies | 12/01/1979 | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
| N S Yadav | Australia | 02/10/1979 | Green Park |
| K Srikkanth | England | 27/11/1981 | Wankhede Stadium |
| Maninder Singh | Pakistan | 23/12/1982 | National Stadium (Karachi) |
| Rashid Patel | New Zealand | 24/11/1988 | Wankhede Stadium |
| V Razdan | Pakistan | 23/11/1989 | Iqbal Stadium |
| A Kuruvilla | West Indies | 06/03/1997 | Sabina Park |
| R Vijay Bhardwaj | New Zealand | 10/10/1999 | PCA IS Bindra Stadium |
| D J Gandhi | New Zealand | 10/10/1999 | PCA IS Bindra Stadium |
| Robin Singh | New Zealand | 02/01/1999 | Seddon Park |
| Parthiv Patel | England | 08/08/2002 | Trent Bridge |
| Ajay Ratra | West Indies | 19/04/2002 | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Wriddhiman Saha | South Africa | 06/02/2010 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur |
| R Ashwin | West Indies | 06/11/2011 | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Umesh Yadav | West Indies | 06/11/2011 | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Sai Sudharsan | England | 20/06/2025 | Headingley |
-with ANI inputs
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