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The fifth and last match of the ODI series between England and Australia is being played in Bristol. In this match, England's opening batsman Ben Duckett scored a tremendous century. He played a brilliant inning of 107 runs in just 91 balls, which included 13 fours and two sixes.
Overtook Rohit Sharma and Gill
On the basis of his brilliant innings, England scored 309 runs. Along with his partner Phil Salt, he gave a strong start to the team. On the basis of this inning, Duckett has left behind Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in international cricket this year.
Duckett completed 1000 international runs
On the basis of this brilliant century, Duckett has completed 1000 international runs this year and has become the sixth batsman to do so. Here he also left behind fellow batsman Joe Root, who has 986 runs in his name. The list is dominated by Sri Lankan players, with the top three batsmen comprising Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka. This year, only Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma have completed 1000 runs from India. Apart from these two, Shubman Gill is at tenth place in the list with 940 runs.
Duckett scored 299 runs in five matches of this series.
Apart from Duckett, captain Harry Brook scored 72 runs while Salt scored 45 runs for England. Let us tell you that Duckett's bat speaks volumes in this series, where so far he has scored two half-centuries and one century. He has scored 299 runs in five matches of this series, in which his average has been 74.
Ben Duckett's great form
Ben Duckett's excellent form could prove beneficial for him ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. If Duckett enters his name in the IPL auction then there is a possibility that the franchise may spend a lot of money on him.
