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:
Ben Duckett’s extraordinary century: surprising return to India after averaging 6 there in 2016
—Tim Wigmore (@timwig) February 16, 2024
Duckett continues to beautify Test cricket with aggressive batting…so good to see #INDvsENGTest
-Shahid Hashmi (@hashmi_shahid) February 16, 2024
Wow…that’s a Test 100…depends on everything you’ve seen…Ben Duckett is a player to watch… #INVENGE
—Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2024
BEN DUCKET TAKES ARCH THAT HUNDRED IN INDIA BREAKING THE BALL EVERYWHERE BAZBALL IN HIS PEAK #INVENGE pic.twitter.com/3mkJ9OxTJX
— Haider (@haidersa20) February 16, 2024
BEN DUCKET TAKES ARCH THAT HUNDRED IN INDIA BREAKING THE BALL EVERYWHERE BAZBALL IN HIS PEAK #INVENGE pic.twitter.com/3mkJ9OxTJX
— Haider (@haidersa20) February 16, 2024
BEN DUCKETT 100 RUN ONLY 88 BALLS AGAINST INDIA IN RAJKOT ڠڠ♥♥♥♥♥
Neighbors, this is BazBall! What happened #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/N1vQmtDpWv
– Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) February 16, 2024
Wow…that’s a Test 100…depends on everything you’ve seen…Ben Duckett is a player to watch… #INVENGE
—Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2024
FOR OUR OWN BEN DUCKETT!
Our @BarmyArmyTravel group gets up to celebrate a special hit #INVENGE pic.twitter.com/3GrtCU6d7Y
— England’s Nutty Army ڠڠڠڠڠڠ (@TheBarmyArmy) February 16, 2024
BEN DUCKETT SHOW IN RAJKOT…!!!
A century in just 88 balls with 19 fours and a six. What a counter-attacking knock from Duckett, lethal knock throughout the innings. pic.twitter.com/PgqCPClcwp
-Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 16, 2024
Ben Duckett becomes the fastest Englishman to score a Test century against India. pic.twitter.com/YVeOIeD0Mx
-Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 16, 2024
100 for Ben Duckett, what a sensational innings first hundred on Indian soil. #benducett #INDvsENGTest pic.twitter.com/HLlEdvTojD
-Govind Joshi (@GovindJosh123) February 16, 2024
Ben Duckett’s Century a special talent.#INDvsENGTest #benduckett #ashwin #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/dfsHEow6KC
– CricLoverShanky (@CricLoverShanky) February 16, 2024
Century for Ben Duckett! pic.twitter.com/ylRpTaSYc2
– RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) February 16, 2024
Century for Ben Duckett in 88 ball.
I’m out now bro pic.twitter.com/0Jqb0RJsi7— Cricket Fan (@Cricket_fan2602) February 16, 2024
A brilliant counter-attacking century from Ben Duckett #WTC25 | #INVENGE : pic.twitter.com/8r6MaPr4dl
— ICC (@ICC) February 16, 2024
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.