“Ben Duckett continues to beautify Test cricket”: Twitter reacts as batsman blasts 88-ball hundred against India

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"Ben Duckett continues to beautify Test cricket" - Twitter reacts as batter blasts 88-ball hundred vs India


England opener Ben Duckett was able to score a blistering century during Day 2 of the IND vs ENG Third Test match played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Duckett reached the three-figure mark in 88 balls and hit a total of 19 fours and 4 sixes during his stay at the crease. Duckett started his innings on an aggressive note and started attacking the Indian bowlers from the 1st ball.

Before the match, Ben Duckett scored scores of 35, 47, 21 and 28 in the first two tests of the IND vs ENG test series. Duckett was able to get starts but couldn’t convert them into big scores. Duckett also added 89 runs for the first wicket along with opener Zak Crawley and gave the three lions a decent start.

Coming back to the third Test match between IND and ENG, the hosts finished with 445 runs in their first innings after finishing at 326/5 on Day 1. Ravindra Jadeja was bowled out for 116 runs on Day 2 after failing to add many runs to his overnight mark, Indian captain Rohit Sharma He was the highest run-scorer of the innings with 131 runs. Dhruv Jurel also showed some grace on his debut and scored 46 runs off 104 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin also contributed 37 runs off 89 balls.

England’s most successful bowler was Mark Wood, who took four wickets for 114 runs. Rehan Ahmed took two wickets and the remaining players, James Anderson, Joe Root and Shoaib Bashir, took one wicket each to end the innings.

The visitors have batted more in T20 format in their first innings so far. They have not let their run rate go below 5 runs per over and will want to bat the same way and get through India’s first innings.

Netizens praise Ben Duckett’s aggressive century

Netizens on social media had different reactions to Ben Duckett’s aggressive century and had different reactions. Some of them are mentioned below:

England have given tough competition to the Indian team so far in the first two Tests as the series is tied 1-1. Both teams will seek to win the third test and take advantage in the series.



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