India are currently taking on England in the 1st Test of the five-match series at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. England are currently trying to chase down a target of 371 on the final day of the match. England are currently in the driver's seat in the run chase, and it is mainly thanks to an innings of a lifetime by Ben Duckett. In the fourth innings of the game, he smashed a brilliant century , putting the home team in a strong position. During this innings, he also managed to break a world record that was held by his England teammate Joe Root.

Ben Duckett slammed 149 from 171 balls, before getting out by handing a catch to substitute Nitish Kumar Reddy off a Shardul Thakur delivery. This is now the highest individual score by a batter in the fourth innings of a Test Match against India. He broke the record of Joe Root, who had scored 142 in the 2022 Test at Edgbaston.

Here are the batters with the highest individual score vs India in the 4th innings of a Test Match:

Player	Country	Score	Venue	Year
Ben Duckett	England	149	Headingley	2025
Joe Root	England	142*	Edgbaston	2022
Faf Du Plessis	South Africa	134	Johannesburg	2013
Duleep Mendis	Sri Lanka	124	Kandy	1985
Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	122*	Johannesburg	1997

Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley Stitch Historic Partnership

Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley stitched a 188 partnership for the first wicket. This is now the first instance of an opening pair putting a partnership of 150 or more runs against India in the fourth innings of a Test match. The duo broke a record set by West Indies' Allan Rae and Jeffrey Stollymore in 1953 at Port of Spain, Trinidad, with an unbeaten stand of 142.

Overall, it is the fourth-highest fourth-innings partnership against India behind Joe Root- Jonny Bairstow (267 in 2022), Roy Dias-Duleep Mendis (216 in 1985), and Ab de Villiers-Faf du Plessis (205 in 2013).