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Former England cricketer David Lloyd has compared Ben Duckett's batting to Virender Sehwag. According to Lloyd, seeing Duckett reminds him of Sehwag. He has called Duckett the second Virender Sehwag of world cricket.
Lloyd said that Duckett had shown a lot of indiscipline earlier, like throwing alcohol on James Anderson, but now he has completely changed himself and has become a very important player for the England team.
According to Lloyd, Duckett can play the same role that Sehwag used to play for India. Sehwag had scored more than 8,500 runs in Test cricket at an average of about 50 and a strike-rate of more than 80.
Ben Duckett played a brilliant innings of 149 runs in the first Test match against India. Thanks to this innings, England won the first Test match and Duckett was also declared the Player of the Match.
Duckett has played 34 Test matches for England so far in which he has scored 2621 runs. He has 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries to his name, which shows his consistency.
Duckett has also scored 1176 runs in ODI cricket. He has scored three centuries and eight half-centuries in this format, which shows that he is a successful batsman in all three formats.
Seeing Ben Duckett's recent performance, legendary players like David Lloyd have also become his fans. Duckett's comparison with Sehwag shows the level of his game.
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