IND vs ENG - Quick 100 for Ben Duckett; who can stop the England opener?

In just 88 balls, Ben Duckett reached the triple-figure mark, causing a lot of trouble for the Indian bowlers.

Ben Duckett

The England batters hardly came to bat, and opener Ben Duckett has already gone on to score his century on Day 2 of the 3rd Test at the now-renamed Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. In just 88 balls, Duckett reached the triple-figure mark, causing a lot of trouble for the Indian bowlers.

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His splendid knock consists of 19 fours and 1 maximum, which surely account for most of his total runs. He is certainly showing the Indian side what 'Bazball' is and how it is played. It will be a question in everyone's mind as to who would be the one to stop the attacking batter.

While Duckett lost his partner Zak Crawley for 15, courtesy of R Ashwin's beautiful bowling which saw him get his 500th Test wicket, Duckett was joined by Ollie Pope, who is also contributing with runs on his side.

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At the time of writing this article, 26 overs were bowled with England having scored 148 runs and lost just one wicket. Ollie Pope has come to join the opener at the crease and scored 20 runs. Currently, England is trailing by 297 runs.

Regarding the clash, Day 2 of the game saw the Men in Blue being all out for 445 runs. Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, and Jasprit Bumrah resisted well. Coming into bat, England started the innings at 5/0 as they were given penalty runs after Ashwin had run in the danger area. It was the second such infringement after Ravindra Jadeja had done the same yesterday and received a warning. The last session will be an extended one due to the slow over-rate as well.

IND vs ENG teams:

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson

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