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Ben Duckett’s throw has hit Harry Brook, causing pain but no serious injury.
Ben Duckett threw a ball that hit Harry Brook on his ribs (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)
In a bizarre yet hilarious sequence of events, a flat throw from England’s Ben Duckett towards the wicket hit Harry Brook on his body, as the latter was seen writhing in pain due to the impact of the throw, as matters went from bad to embarrassing for England.
Rishabh Pant had run off for a single after edging one just past slips to end Shoaib Bashir’s over. Duckett ran in from point and unleashed a fast throw with his right hand in a bid to catch Shubman Gill short at the striker’s end.
Brook, stationed at the slip, ducked to avoid the throw. But that was not to be, and it hit him on his ribs. Watch the video here:
Brook collapsed to the ground in pain, evoking expressions from his teammates as well as the Indian cricketers, seeing the events unfold from the pavilion.
After some initial treatment, Brook was back on the field right away, sporting a smile, indicating that the throw didn’t do too much damage as feared.
The England fielders have had to toil hard in the heat as Indian batters have been dominant since being put into bat by England skipper Ben Stokes.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant unfurled a remarkable century while India skipper Shubman Gill carved his highest Test score, but a spirited England grabbed four wickets to keep the free-flowing visitors to 454/7 at lunch on the second day of the first game in Headingley.
Captain Gill (147) and his deputy Pant (134) were untroubled as India added 95 runs to their overnight 359/3, before both the batters perished as the home bowlers regained a semblance of direction.
Ravindra Jadeja (2 batting) was at the crease as Shardul Thakur (1) got out to Ben Stokes off the final delivery ahead of lunch.
Pant, who began the day on 65, took over the mantle from Gill, who was happy to cede the majority of the strike to his partner.
Pant, who milked 209 runs for the fourth wicket with Gill, was at his entertaining best, starting his cavalier ways with a brilliant falling paddle off spinner Bashir behind stumper Jamie Smith.
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