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

At the end of Day 2 of India vs England 3rd Test, England posted 207/2 and trailed by 238 runs to India's first innings score of 445 at Niranjan Shah Stadium, formerly known as Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, in Rajkot on Friday, February 16. 

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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. 

England 1st innings scorecard

England 1st Inning
207-2 (35 ov) CRR:5.91 (FIVE PENALTY RUNS EARNED)
Batter	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	Strike Rate
Zak Crawley	c RM Patidar b R Ashwin	15	28	2	0	53.57
Ben Duckett	Not out	133	118	21	2	112.71
Ollie Pope	lbw b M Siraj	39	55	5	1	70.91
Joe Root	Not out	9	13	1	0	69.23
Extras	11 (b 1, Ib 1, w 0, nb 9, p 0)
Total	207 (2 wkts, 35 Ov)
Yet to Bat	Jonny Bairstow,Ben Stokes,Ben Foakes,Rehan Ahmed,Tom Hartley,Mark Wood,James Anderson
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jasprit Bumrah	8	0	34	0	1	4.25
Mohammed Siraj	10	1	54	1	1	5.4
Kuldeep Yadav	6	1	42	0	0	7
Ravichandran Ashwin	7	0	37	1	0	5.29
Ravindra Jadeja	4	0	33	0	2	8.25

India vs England 3rd Test Day 2

First session report

Earlier veteran pacer James Anderson provided the first breakthrough on Day 2 as he found the outside edge of night-watchman Kuldeep's bat in first 15 minutes of play. On the pitch that is still good for batting, Jadeja fails to add too many runs to his overnight score as Root gets his wicket.

India started on its overnight score of 326/5 in 86 overs in the first session on Day 2. They lost the overnight batters Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav in quick succession to Joe Root and James Anderson respectively. However, debutant Dhruv Jurel partnered Ravichandran Ashwin well to deny any other wicket to the English bowlers as India reached Lunch at 388/7. They brought up the fifty partnership among themselves for the eighth wicket. 

62 runs were added in 27 overs in the first session at the loss of only two wickets. India's session as the team now leads 3-1 in terms of session play in the third Test. Jurel is unbeaten on 31 while Ashwin is batting on 25. 

Second Session Report

Starting from 388/7 in the second session, India lost two quick wickets in Ravichandran Ashwin and Dhruv Jurel as their 77-run stand was broken. However, just before that, England dropped Jurel twice, once at mid-wicket and once at leg gully with Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes being the culprits. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj added 30 for the 10th wicket as India posted 445 in 130.5 overs. 

England, coming back to bat for the remaining six overs, got 31 for no loss. The session went to England as they got three wickets and did not lose any wickets of their own. A total of 98 runs were scored at the loss of three wickets in the 23.5 overs in the second session. 

India vs England 3rd Test full scorecards

India first innings scorecard

India 1st Inning
445-10 (130.5 ov) CRR:3.40
Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c J Root b M Wood	10	10	2	0	100
Rohit Sharma (C)	c B Stokes b M Wood	131	196	14	3	66.84
Shubman Gill	c BT Foakes b M Wood	0	9	0	0	0
Rajat Patidar	c BM Duckett b TW Hartley	5	15	1	0	33.33
Ravindra Jadeja	c & b J Root	112	225	9	2	49.78
Sarfaraz Khan	runout (M Wood)	62	66	9	1	93.94
Kuldeep Yadav	c BT Foakes b J Anderson	4	24	0	0	16.67
Dhruv Jurel (WK)	c BT Foakes b R Ahmed	46	104	2	3	44.23
Ravichandran Ashwin	c J Anderson b R Ahmed	37	89	6	0	41.57
Jasprit Bumrah	lbw b M Wood	26	28	3	1	92.86
Mohammed Siraj	Not out	3	21	0	0	14.29
Extras	9 (b 2, Ib 4, w 1, nb 2, p 0)
Total	445 (10 wkts, 130.5 Ov)
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
James Anderson	25	7	61	1	1	2.44
Mark Wood	27.5	2	114	4	1	4.1
Tom Hartley	40	7	109	1	0	2.73
Joe Root	16	3	70	1	0	4.38
Rehan Ahmed	22	2	85	2	0	3.86

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.