"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 third IND vs ENG Test match being played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Duckett reached the three-figure mark in 88 balls and smashed a total of 19 fours and 4 sixes during his stay at the crease. Duckett began his innings on an aggressive note and began to attack the Indian bowlers from ball 1.

Before the match, Ben Duckett had 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 was not able to convert them into big scores. Duckett also added 89 runs for the first wicket along with opener Zak Crawley and gave a decent start to the three lions.

Getting back to the third Test match between IND and ENG, the hosts were wrapped up for 445 runs in their opening innings after ending at 326/5 on Day 1. While Ravindra Jadeja was removed for 116 runs on Day 2 after failing to add many runs to his overnight mark, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was the innings’ leading run scorer with 131 runs. Dhruv Jurel also showed some grace on debut and scored 46 runs from 104 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin also contributed with 37 runs from 89 balls.

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

The visitors have batted more in a T20 format style in their first innings so far. They have not let their run rate come down below 5 runs an over and will want to bat in the same way and get past India’s first innings.

Netizens praise Ben Duckett’s aggressive century

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

Extraordinary century from Ben Duckett: amazing 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 watch #INDvsENGTest

— Shahid Hashmi (@hashmi_shahid) February 16, 2024

Wow .. now that’s a Test 100 .. it’s up with anything you have seen .. Ben Duckett is some player to watch .. #INDvENG

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2024

BEN DUCKET TAKE BOW WHAT A HUNDRED IN INDIA SMASHING THE BALL EVERYWHERE BAZBALL AT ITS PEAK 👏👏🔥🔥#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/3mkJ9OxTJX

— Haider🤴 (@haidersa20) February 16, 2024

BEN DUCKET TAKE BOW WHAT A HUNDRED IN INDIA SMASHING THE BALL EVERYWHERE BAZBALL AT ITS PEAK 👏👏🔥🔥#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/3mkJ9OxTJX

— Haider🤴 (@haidersa20) February 16, 2024

BEN DUCKETT 100 RUNS OFF JUST 88 BALLS AGAINST INDIA IN RAJKOT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔥🔥🔥

Padosiyo, yehi hay BazBall! Yeh kya hogaya 🇮🇳😮😮😮#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/N1vQmtDpWv

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) February 16, 2024

Wow .. now that’s a Test 100 .. it’s up with anything you have seen .. Ben Duckett is some player to watch .. #INDvENG

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2024

💯 FOR OUR VERY OWN BEN DUCKETT!

Our @BarmyArmyTravel group rise to celebrate a special knock 😍#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/3GrtCU6d7Y

— England’s Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) February 16, 2024

BEN DUCKETT SHOW IN RAJKOT…!!! 🔥

A century in just 88 balls with 19 fours and a six. What a counterattacking knock by Duckett, lethal striking 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 inning first hundred in Indian soil #benduckett #INDvsENGTest pic.twitter.com/HLlEdvTojD

— Govind Joshi (@GovindJosh123) February 16, 2024

Century by Ben Duckett 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.
Ab out ho ja bhai 🙂 pic.twitter.com/0Jqb0RJsi7

— Cricket fan (@Cricket_fan2602) February 16, 2024

A brilliant counter-attacking century from Ben Duckett 👊#WTC25 | #INDvENG 📝: https://t.co/vHdLWPgG5e 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 levelled at 1-1. Both teams will be aiming to win the third Test and gain a lead in the series.