India vs England Third Test Match: Ben Duckett scored a century in the third Test at Rajkot. He followed England's baseball strategy perfectly, scoring a century in just 87 balls. This is his first century in India and he created a record in the same.
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Ben Duckett scored a century in the third Test at Rajkot. He followed England's baseball strategy perfectly, scoring a century in just 87 balls. This is his first century in India and he created a record in the same. The 88-ball century is the fastest by an English batsman in Tests in India.
This is the third-fastest century by an overseas batsman. Adam Gilchrist scored a century in 84 balls in India in 2001. West Indies' Clive Lloyd scored a century in 85 balls in 1974. Duckett overtook Ross Taylor's 99-ball century in Bengaluru 12 years ago to reach the third spot.
This is the third fastest century by an English batsman outside England. In this case, he equalled Kevin Pietersen both taken 88 Bowls. Pietersen did so in Port of Spain in the West Indies in 2009. At the same time, at the top in this case is Harry Brook. He scored a century in 80 balls against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2022. Crawley is second on the list with an 86-ball century in Rawalpindi.
Ben Duckett broke the record set by Graham Gooch in 1990. Gooch scored a century in 95 balls against India at Lord's. Ben Duckett also holds the record for the fastest century at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Duckett broke India's Prithvi Shaw's record in this case. Prithvi Shaw scored a century in 99 balls against West Indies in Rajkot in 2018.
80 balls: Harry Brook vs Pakistan (Rawalpindi 2022), 86 balls: Zak Crawley vs Pakistan (Rawalpindi 2022), 88 balls: Kevin Pietersen vs West Indies (Port of Spain 2009), 88 balls: Ben Duckett vs India Rajkot 2024* (90 balls): Ollie Pope vs Pakistan Rawalpindi (2022).
Duckett completed his century with a boundary off Siraj. This was his third Test century.
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