Ben Duckett breaks MS Dhoni’s great record, Virender Sehwag still number one
Ben Duckett Record India vs England 3rd Test Rajkot : At this time, England’s opener Ben Duckett has come and stood in front of the victory of the Indian team. There were 2 heroes of the second day of India vs England first test being played in Rajkot. The first is without any doubt Ben Duckett and the second is Ravichandran Ashwin. Although Ashwin got only one success in today’s match, but he has completed his 500 Test wickets today, so this is a special achievement for him. The manner in which Ben Duckett batted as soon as he arrived is being praised everywhere. Meanwhile, Ben Duckett has destroyed the record of former Indian team captain MS Dhoni, although even after this, former opener Virender Sehwag remains at the first position.
Ben Duckett unbeaten on 133 runs
Talking about Ben Duckett, till the end of the day’s play, he has scored 133 runs on 118 balls and is still unbeaten. He hit 21 fours and 2 sixes during his innings. He is still batting at a strike rate of more than 100. If the Indian team has to win this match, then Duckett will have to move as soon as possible. By the time the first day’s play ended, England had scored 207 runs for 2 wickets, giving a befitting reply to the Indian team. India had scored 445 runs in its first innings. That means England is still 238 runs behind India’s score. Seen this way, England has covered almost half the journey and will try to complete the rest on the third day.
Ben Duckett scored 144 runs in one session, Dhoni was left behind
Now let’s talk about the record. The record of scoring most runs in a single session in India is still in the name of India’s Virender Sehwag. He scored 133 runs in a single session against Sri Lanka in 2009. Ben Duckett has now come at number two. He played an innings of 114 runs in the last session from tea break till the end of the match. He has left behind MS Dhoni, who was at second position till now. MS Dhoni scored 109 runs in a session against Australia in Chennai in 2013. If we talk about the next batsman, Karun Nair had scored 108 runs in a single session against England in the year 2016. Here when we talk about sessions, let us tell you that there are three sessions in a day. From the start of the first match till lunch break. After this, from lunch break till tee and from third tee till the end of the match. Roughly a session lasts for about two hours. It can be increased or decreased a little.
First foreign player to score most test runs in India in a single session
If we look at this record of Ben Duckett in a different way, then he has become the first foreign player to score the most runs in a session in India. The top 5 players in this list are Indians, he has been entered as the first foreign player. Today India was able to take only two wickets of England. First of all, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Jack Crawley for 15 runs, while the second success came to Mohammed Siraj, he dismissed Ollie Pope for 39 runs. But at the other end, Ben Duckett has stood firm and is batting aggressively. Now it remains to be seen which way the match goes on the next day. At present it seems that the match will not end in three or four days. There is every possibility that the match will last for five days and even after that there is no guarantee that the result will be declared.
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