IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: Duckett ton keeps England ahead

India vs England Highlights, Rajkot Test Day 2: Ben Duckett scored a bucket full of runs as he remained unbeaten on 133 and England reached 207/2 to trail by 238 at the end of Day 2 of the third Test

5:18 PM

India vs England 3rd Test, Day 2, 3rd session Summary

 

At 31 for no loss, Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley started the last session for England. They brought up yet another fifty-run partnership before Crawley became Ravichandran Ashwin's 500th Test scalp. Duckett though was not bothered with that wicket as he smashed his first fifty on the tour in just 39 balls and then converted it into his third Test hundred. England were running away with the game before Mohammed Siraj trapped Ollie Pope in front of the wicket to break the 93-run stand between him and Duckett.  

 

Joe Root joined Duckett and the duo saw England to the end of Day's play. The English team scored 176 runs in 29 overs at more than six runs per over. Duckett alone scored more than 100 runs in the session, which is the most by a visiting batter on Indian soil. 

5:05 PM

Day 2 comes to an end in Rajkot

 

Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 1 4; England 207-2 after 35 overs

Ben Duckett (133), Joe Root (9); Ravichandran Ashwin 7-0-37-1

 

Huge appeal for LBW by Ashwin. It might be for a catch too as India has reviewed the onfield call of not-out. And it is pitching outside leg. This means that India will lose its second review. Two more balls to tackle for Duckett. He gets a single and Root will face the last ball. It just about sums up India’s session as Root helps himself to a four and England ends the day at 207/2. 

 

5:00 PM

200 up for England

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 1; England 200-2 after 34 overs

Ben Duckett (131), Joe Root (4); Mohammed Siraj 10-1-54-1

 

200 comes up for England as they score 167 runs in this session wit at least one over to go. 

 

4:56 PM

Bumrah troubles Root

 

Over Summary: 1 0 0 2 0 0; England 199-2 after 33 overs

Ben Duckett (129), Joe Root (2); Jasprit Bumrah 8-0-34-0

 

 

Root and his problems with Bumrah continue as he once again comes forward and gets an inside edge onto his pads as there is a huge gap between bat and pad and the ball is coming into him. 

 

4:49 PM

Rohit asks for a ball change

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 1 1; England 196-2 after 32 overs

Ben Duckett (129), Joe Root (2); Mohammed Siraj 9-1-53-1

 

Rohit Sharma asked for a ball change and the the ball passed the Test by the umpires hence it will not be changed as we approach the end of the day. 

 

4:43 PM

Duckett hits a six with a reverse sweep

 

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 N1 1 6; England 193-2 after 31 overs

Ben Duckett (127), Joe Root (1); Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-33-0

 

The second no-ball of the match and it has come courtesy of Ravindra Jadeja. And he bowls another one and gets hit for a six courtesy of a reverse sweep by Duckett as England approaches 200. 

 

4:34 PM

Siraj gets Pope courtesy DRS

 

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 N1 1 W; England 182-2 after 30 overs

Ollie Pope (39), Ben Duckett (119); Mohammed Siraj 8-1-50-1

 

The last ball of the Siraj over seems to have some interest from Rohjit Sharma and they have gone for the review after the on-field umpire called it not-out. The ball has gone for four overthrows, but it is more about the review now. 

 

And it is a great review to take as it has come as wickets hitting and Pope can’t believe it as it was hitting him above the knee roll. England lost their second wicket against the run of play and Pope is gone for 39. 

 

4:21 PM

Lucky edge for Duckett

 

Over Summary: 1 4 1 4 2 1; England 176-1 after 29 overs

Ollie Pope (37), Ben Duckett (116); Ravindra Jadeja 3-0-22-0

 

What a ball this one from Jadeja as Duckett gets an inside edge and it goes for two runs towards the fine leg. 

 

4:18 PM

England motoring along

 

Over Summary: 1 0 L1 0 1 4; England 163-1 after 28 overs

Ollie Pope (32), Ben Duckett (108); Mohammed Siraj 7-1-44-0

 

England are motoring along here as there seems to be no way to get them to stop what they are doing. 

 

4:15 PM

Pope hits two boundaries in the over

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 4 4; England 156-1 after 27 overs

Ollie Pope (28), Ben Duckett (106); Ravindra Jadeja 2-0-9-0

 

Change of end for Jadeja.

 

Pope hit two boundaries in the over and thus runs are leaking as it was earlier.

4:07 PM

Ben Duckett hits century

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 4 4; England 148-1 after 26 overs

Ollie Pope (20), Ben Duckett (106); Mohammed Siraj 6-1-38-0

 

Mohammed Siraj is brought back into the attack. 

 

Nervous ninties affecting Duckett as he fails to score off the first two balls. But finally Duckett reaches the milestone by playing a superb straight drive for FOUR. Ben Duckett is the fastest English opener to score a century against India in India.

 

Duckett ends the over by hoicking the last ball towards square leg boundary for FOUR.

4:01 PM

Duckett on 98

Over Summary: 1 1 0 0 0 0 ; England 140-1 after 25 overs

Ollie Pope (20), Ben Duckett (98); Jasprit Bumrah 7-0-31-0

 

Jasprit Bumrah continues and Pope taps the first ball towards cover for a single.

 

Duckett dabs the second ball towards deep backward point for a single, moves to 98.

 

Bumrah using his sorcery with the ball to deny Pope scoring off the remaining four deliveries.

3:56 PM

England 138-1 after 24 overs

Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 0 0 ; England 138-1 after 24 overs

Ollie Pope (19), Ben Duckett (97); JRavindra Jadeja 1-0-1-0

 

Ravindra Jadeja, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack and concedes only one run.

3:51 PM

Duckett on 97

 

Over Summary: 0 1 B1 4 0 0; England 137-1 after 23 overs

Ollie Pope (18), Ben Duckett (97); Jasprit Bumrah 6-0-29-0

 

Bumrah overpitches and Duckett takes it on the full and hits it straight down the ground to get a four and move to 97. And it is time for drinks. 

 

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3:46 PM

Duckett into the 90s

 

Over Summary: 0 0 1 6 4 3; England 131-1 after 22 overs

Ollie Pope (18), Ben Duckett (92); Ravichandran Ashwin 6-0-30-1

 

Ben Duckett hits a huge six against Ashwin and then gets a four and runs three to move into the 90s for the first time in this series. 

 

3:39 PM

India lose review

 

Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 1 0; England 117-1 after 21 overs

Ollie Pope (17), Ben Duckett (79); Jasprit Bumrah 5-0-24-0

 

There is a huge shout for LBW and India review. The ball hit the bat and the ground at the same time it seems and as a result, India lost their review as the third umpire did not find conclusive evidence to overturn the on-field umpire’s decision. 

 

3:37 PM

Duckett continues on his merry ways

 

Over Summary: 1 0 4 1 0 0; England 115-1 after 20 overs

Ollie Pope (16), Ben Duckett (78); Ravichandran Ashwin 5-0-16-1

 

And another Ashwin over and another four by Duckett as he is quickly moving towards the 80s. 

 

3:35 PM

Bumrah into the attack

 

Over Summary: 4 0 0 0 0 1; England 108-1 after 19 overs

Ollie Pope (15), Ben Duckett (73); Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-22-0

 

As Poep is at the crease, Bumrah has been brought back into the attack keeping the match-up factor in mind. 

 

3:34 PM

Duckett hits Ashwin for a four

 

Over Summary: 0 0 4 0 0 0; England 104-1 after 18 overs

Ollie Pope (10), Ben Duckett (73); Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-10-1

 

Duckett is not going to mellow down just because Ashwin is bowling. 

 

3:19 PM

100 up for England

 

Over Summary: 0 6 0 0 2 0; England 100-1 after 17 overs

Ollie Pope (10), Ben Duckett (69); Kuldeep Yadav 6-1-42-0

 

Ollie Pope goes down the ground and hits a glorious six against Kuldeep. On the very next ball, he goes reverse sweeping. Pope wanted a third, but Duckett denied it and a hundred came up for England in only 17 overs. 

 

3:16 PM

Ashwin continues

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 0 0; England 92-1 after 16 overs

Ollie Pope (2), Ben Duckett (69); Ravichandran Ashwin 3-0-6-1

 

Ashwin continues from the other end and he goes for just two runs in the over. 

 

3:14 PM

Maiden for Kuldeep Yadav

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; England 90-1 after 15 overs

Ollie Pope (1), Ben Duckett (68); Kuldeep Yadav 5-1-34-0

 

It is a maiden over by Kuldeep, the first of the match for him. 

 

3:13 PM

Milestone for Ashwin

 

Over Summary: W 0 1 0 0 0; England 90-1 after 14 overs

Ollie Pope (1), Ben Duckett (68); Ravichandran Ashwin 2-0-4-1

 

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R Ashwin becomes fastest Indian bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket

 

3:06 PM

500th Test wicket for Ashwin

Not a delivery that Ashwin will be very proud of, but a wicket he will cherish forever as he completes 500 Test scalps. Zak Crawley swept it and it was held by Patidar at short fine leg easily. 

3:05 PM

No relief for Kuldeep

 

Over Summary: 4 0 4 2 0 0; England 89-0 after 13 overs

Zak Crawley (15), Ben Duckett (68); Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-34-0

 

If there was relief in the last over, there is none in this one as Duckett hits Kuldeep for 10 runs again. 

 

3:03 PM

Some relief at least

 

Over Summary: 0 0 2 1 0 0; England 79-0 after 12 overs

Zak Crawley (15), Ben Duckett (58); Ravichandran Ashwin 1-0-3-0

 

Ashwin is brought into the attack and he brings some sort of relief as he concedes only three runs. 

 

3:02 PM

There is no stopping England

 

Over Summary: 0 4 1 0 0 4; England 76-0 after 11 overs

Zak Crawley (15), Ben Duckett (55);  Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-24-0

 

There is no stopping the England openers here as they get yet another nine-run over. 

 

3:00 PM

Fifty for Duckett

 

Over Summary: 4 0 4 1 0 4; England 67-0 after 10 overs

Zak Crawley (11), Ben Duckett (50);  Mohammed Siraj 5-1-30-0

 

Duckett has brought up yet another fifty here and he needs to convert this into a big one now. 

 

2:49 PM

Fifty up for England

 

Over Summary: 0 0 1 4 1 0; England 54-0 after 9 overs

Zak Crawley (6), Ben Duckett (41); Kuldeep Yadav 2-0-15-0

 

Fifty of the partnership and fifty for England has come up here. 

 

2:44 PM

Duckett pulls Siraj

 

Over Summary: 4 0 4 0 0 0; England 48-0 after 8 overs

Zak Crawley (6), Ben Duckett (36); Mohammed Siraj 4-1-17-0

 

Duckett is keeping no holds on his shot-making as he hits Siraj for two fours in the over as well.