IND vs ENG: Ben Duckett scores third-fastest Test hundred by a visiting batter in India
English opener Ben Duckett scored the third-fastest Test hundred by a visiting batter in India, during his side’s third Test in Rajkot on Friday.
Published : Feb 16, 2024 16:05 IST - 1 MIN READ
England batsman Ben Duckett in action during day two of the 3rd Test Match between India and England. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
English opener Ben Duckett scored the third-fastest Test hundred by a visiting batter in India, during his side’s third Test in Rajkot on Friday.
Duckett reached the three-figure mark, for the third time in his Test career, in his 88th delivery, with a straight drive off Mohammed Siraj, which ran away for a four.
The fastest hundred by an overseas batter in India is by Adam Gilchrist, who got to the three-figure mark in his 84th delivery at the Wankhede in 2001.
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The second-fastest to feat is West Indies’ Clive Lloyd, who scored a 85-ball hundred against India at the Chinnaswamy in 1974.
Duckett’s blazing hundred is also the seventh-joint-fastest by and Englishman, going level with Kevin Pietersen.