Yash Thakur joins Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni on wanted list after ODI debut against New Zealand

India’s Yash Thakur, left, celebrates with Virat Kohli Indian pacer Yash Thakur had a memorable start to his ODI career after being dismissed for a duck on debut in the fifth and final match against New Zealand at the Bay Oval on Sunday. With this, the right-arm pacer joined the unwanted list of Indian cricketers that includes batting legends Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.Thakur became the 18th Indian batsman to register a duck on ODI debut and his name joins some prominent players who have suffered a similar fate in their first appearance in the format.The list dates back to 1974 when former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi was dismissed without scoring on his ODI debut. Sachin Tendulkar, who made his ODI debut in 1989, and Dhoni, who started his international career in the format in 2004, also feature in the list.Other notable names include VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan and former India all-rounder Roger Binny.Indian players dismissed for a duck on ODI debutYearPlayer1974Bishan Singh Bedi1979Surinder Khanna1980Roger Binny1980Yograj Singh1981K Srikkanth1984Ashok Patel1985Lalchand Rajput1988Sanjeev Sharma1989Sachin Tendulkar Laxman198V Pandey2002Jai Prakash Yadav2003Avishkar Salvi2004MS Dhoni2005Suresh Raina2006Wasim Jaffer2010Shikhar Dhawan2026Yash ThakurThakur’s debut came in the deciding match of the series where India were looking to bounce back at 244 after their fourth defeat. only 89.However, the fifth ODI turned out to be another tough outing with the bat for the visitors. Asked to bat first, India lost Rohit Sharma early before Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad also departed, leaving the team struggling at 34/3.Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel tried to steady the innings with a 52-run partnership for the fourth wicket, but New Zealand fell at regular intervals. Axar and Ishan Kishan scored 46 points while Naman Dhir contributed 22.India were eventually bowled out for 209 in 42.1 overs with Mitchell Santner and Jacob Duffy claiming three wickets each.However, the Indian bowlers made up for the batting disappointment. Mohammad Siraj and Arshdeep Singh struck early to put New Zealand under pressure, with Arshdeep eventually finishing with 3/30 and Siraj with 2/50.Thakur also contributed early with the ball when he took a catch to dismiss New Zealand opener Tim Seifert off Siraj’s bowling. New Zealand were eventually dismissed for 187 in 48.1 overs, giving India a 22-run win.The win gave India a 3-1 series triumph and ended New Zealand’s 11-match ODI series win at home. It also completed a successful white-ball leg of the tour for the visitors, who earlier won the five-match T20I series 3-2.