Ben Duckett on Yashasvi Jaiswal: In the third Test being played between India and England in Rajkot, Yashasvi Jaiswal once again stole the show by scoring a century. In the second innings, Jaiswal scored 104 runs hitting 9 fours and 5 sixes. However, he retired hurt due to back pain and returned back to the pavilion. By the end of the third day’s play, the Indian team had scored 196 runs for two wickets in the second innings. At the same time, Team India’s total lead is 322 runs.
After the end of the third day’s play, England opener Ben Duckett made a surprising statement. He said that we should get credit for the aggressive batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, Duckett also praised this young batsman and even called him the next superstar.
Batting in England’s ‘baseball’ style, Jaiswal scored a century in India’s second innings on Saturday, the third day of the third Test match. He hit nine fours and five sixes in his innings of 104 runs in 133 balls before being retired hurt due to back spasms. Jaiswal was at one time scoring 35 runs in 73 balls, but in the last session of the day, he changed his attitude and completed his century with an aggressive shot.
“When you see the opposition playing like that, it feels like we should take some credit. They’re playing in a different way than their natural style,” Ben Duckett said in a press conference after the day’s play. We have seen this many times in the current cricket season. It is very exciting to see that other players and other teams are also playing that aggressive style of cricket.” He praised Jaiswal, but cheekily said, “He looks like a rising superstar, unfortunately he is in very good form at the moment. However, his bad times are coming.”
Duckett, who scored 153 runs with the help of 23 fours and two sixes in 151 balls in England’s first innings, said that the Indian team had come on the field with a better plan on Saturday. He said, this was a day when I think you have to give credit to India. They were not giving easy chances to score runs in the morning session.”
It is noteworthy that Team India made a strong comeback on the third day in the Rajkot Test. After scoring 445 runs in the first innings, Indian bowlers were failing in front of the baseball on the second day. By the end of the second day’s play, England had scored 207 runs after losing two wickets in just 35 overs. However, after this, on the third day, Team India bundled out the visiting team for only 319 runs. England scored only 112 runs on the third day and lost their last 8 wickets. Now Rajkot Test is completely in the hands of Team India