IND vs ENG 3rd Test: The third Test match of the ongoing 5-match Test series is being played between India and England. In this match, England’s opening batsman Ben Duckett has scored his first century against India. This is the third century of Duckett’s Test career and the first on Indian soil. This is the first time that he has scored more than 50 runs in an innings against India.
Ben Duckett along with Zak Crawley stitched more than six fifty-plus partnerships in seven innings of the series as they started their reply on a positive note. India got very few opportunities to pose any challenge on the surface.
Ben Duckett’s performance against India
Ben Duckett has played 5 Tests against India so far and all five matches have been played on Indian soil. He has scored more than 230 runs in 8 innings of this Test series at an average of more than 34. His highest Test score against India came in this innings. In the earlier matches, he struggled a lot to score big runs, but this time he achieved success.
Ben Duckett’s test career
Ben Duckett made his Test debut against Bangladesh cricket team in the year 2016. He is known for his aggressive batting in the upper order. So far, he has scored more than 1,340 runs in 33 innings of 18 Tests at an average of around 45. He has so far scored 3 centuries and 7 half-centuries in this format. His average at home has been 50.30, whereas abroad it is only around 38.