Ben Docket, England’s answer to Virender Sehwag, wins special degree on winning first Test:

Delhi: In the Leeds Test against India, star batsman Ben Docket played a great role in England’s victory by scoring a brilliant century. He laid the foundation for England to achieve a difficult target of 371 runs by scoring 149 runs in the second innings. With this victory, England took a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Ben Daket played a crucial innings in the first Test

Docket got a good support of Zack Croly at the beginning of the innings. There was an 188 -run opening partnership between the two. Crowley scored 65 runs. This strong start made England’s victory easier and now the next match of the series will be played in Edgbaston.

Ben Docket’s Test started in 2016, but he could not impress on a tour of India and Bangladesh. After this, he had to wait six years to get a place in the team again. Since the return in December 2022, he has scored 2511 runs in 30 Tests at an average of 47.37 and a strike rate of 88.07.

After scoring a brilliant century against India in Leeds, he is being included in the discussion of the top all-format batsmen of the world.

Comparison of docket to Virender Sehwag

Former English cricketer David Lloyd praised Dock and described him as Virender Sehwag of England. Lloyd wrote in his column in the Daily Mail, “Ben Docket has come a long way from the incident of falling drinks on James Anderson on Ashes tour. Now he has become Virender Sehwag of England and is worth opening in any world XI. Reverse sweep has become a spontaneous shot for him. Hockey players were because his reverse sweep looks similar to a hockey shot. “

Virender Sehwag has scored 8586 runs in Test cricket and he is the only Indian batsman to score two triple centuries. He also scored 821 runs against England and 86 runs off 68 balls in the 2008 Chennai Test is still considered memorable.

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