Twitter Reaction: England bring bazball play on Day 2 at Oval

After bowling out India to a mere total of 224, Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners by the England openers as Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley brought their bazball gameplay on Day 2. In just four overs the scorecard read 31 and there was no stopping for both batters.

They put up a first wicket partnership of 92 runs in just 12.5 overs before Duckett was plucked out by Akashdeep. He walked back scoring 43 runs off just 38 balls laced with five boundaries and two maximums. On the other hand, crawley reached his half century in just 42 balls as at the end of first session, England scored 109 runs in 16 overs.

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On the other hand, Mohammed Siraj conceded 31 runs in his four overs, Akashdeep 41 in seven overs and Prasidh Krishna 31 runs in five overs. Twitter was abuzz as Duckett and Crawley wreaked havoc at the Oval and some even took class of Indian bowling as below par.

Here’s how twitter users reacted to England’s batting:

Ben Duckett batted brilliantly but Akashdeep got his revenge at the end.

Now some people will say “Oh he shouldn’t done that” but I loved the send-off. Fighting fire with fire 🔥 #OvalTest pic.twitter.com/jYwjjMwcbX

— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) August 1, 2025

Summary of 1st inning of INDvsENG💀

#OvalTest pic.twitter.com/YW3M2v5ZfY

— Sarcasm (@sarcastic_us) August 1, 2025

Not a good morning for the Indian team—
they lost 4 wickets within 5 overs, and have already used one review in the first session#INDvsENG #bcci #Cricket #OvalTest

📸jiohotstar pic.twitter.com/ZPyyAxohxX

— CricInformer (@CricInformer) August 1, 2025

Akashdeep with Ben Duckett in Tests : #OvalTest

- 5 innings
- 40 runs
- 4 dismissals
- Average 10

Akashdeep just cooked Duckett pic.twitter.com/p7UvBpzpPW

— CricVipez (@CricVipezAP) August 1, 2025

First thing- Why didn’t Bumrah play? This being a series decider, green top, match might end soon so not that much work load and he can rest after this test. Very bad from Bumrah and the team management #OvalTest #INDvsENG

— Raghunandan (@raghunandan_30) August 1, 2025