RAJKOT: The last time Ben Duckett toured India, back in Nov 2016, he was easy meat for R Ashwin, succumbing to the ace off-spinner for scores of 13, 5 and 0. Few would have imagined that seven years and a bit later, Duckett would steal the honours from Ashwin on a day when the veteran bowler touched the landmark of 500 Test wickets.
Bludgeoning an 88 ball century, the fastest by an England batsman against India in Test cricket and the third fastest on Indian soil in this format the 29 year old Duckett has been ‘reborn’ as a flamboyant opener, having been a decent wicketkeeper in his under-19 days.
