Ben Duckett hit a four off the last ball of the day. Opposing captain Rohit Sharma patted him on the back as he left the field with everyone. England’s opener showed the strength of the baseball by taking advantage of the flat wicket. In Rajkot Duckett played all the shots in his possession and gave India a counter-attack. The run rate is around six.
India lost two quick wickets at the start of the day. The hosts then took the score to 445 with resistance from Ravichandran Ashwin, Jurel and Bumrah. Wicket’s behavior has not changed. England’s batsmen also benefited. Duckett scored the second fastest century as an England opener playing 88 balls. The visitors scored 207 runs with his bat. England are still 238 runs behind. However, it can be said that the match is within their reach.
Duckett was unbeaten on 133 off 118 balls with 21 fours and 2 sixes. Playing with him, Joe Root finished the day with 9 runs.
Jack Crowley added 89 runs with Duckett in the opening partnership before Ashwin’s milestone became his 500th Test wicket. He scored 15 runs. Ollie Pope and Duckett then put on another solid partnership of 93 runs.
Duckett scored 114 runs in the last session, the second highest on Indian soil. He is the first visiting batsman to score more than 100 runs in a session in India.
India started the day at 326 for 5. Unbeaten on 110, Jadeja (112) caught Root in the fifth over of the day and scored two runs. Then Ashwin (37), Dhruv Jurel (46) and Bumrah (26) took the score to nearly 450.
Mark Wood took the maximum four wickets for England.
