Ben Duckett has been facing heavy trolling on social media after England’s early exit from the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Recently, Ben Duckett teased Indian fans, and now the Englishman got a taste of his own medicine after Afghanistan took their revenge.
On Wednesday, February 26, the Afghanistan cricket team defeated England by eight runs to boost their chances of making it to the semifinals of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025. However, with this crushing defeat, England crashed out of the prestigious tournaments in the group stages.
Fans troll Ben Duckett for old comment after England crashed out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
As soon as England’s elimination was confirmed, fans dug up an old comment from Ben Duckett, where he had downplayed England’s 3-0 ODI series loss to India. He had stated that the ODI series defeat wouldn’t matter if England could beat India in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Duckett had stated ahead of the third India-England ODI encounter in Ahmedabad, “If we lose 3-0 to India, I don’t care as long as we beat them in the final of the Champions Trophy. If we do that, we probably won’t look back on this if we do the business in that competition.”
However, things didn’t go as planned, as India remains unbeaten in the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025, securing a place in the semifinals while England crashed out with a game still left to play, and that is against South Africa on March 1 at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi.
Meanwhile, social media users wasted no time in mocking Duckett, reminding him of his past remark and England’s disappointing campaign in India. The fans have been trolling the English batter for his statement on India while mentioning how Afghanistan kicked his team out of the tournament.
Here’s how the fans trolled Ben Duckett:
Feeling bad for Ben Duckett, he wanted to knock India out in the knockouts but the mighty Afghanistan knocked them out in the first round itself.
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— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) February 26, 2025
Ben Duckett
#AFGvsENG #AFGvENG pic.twitter.com/ckn1rB6phm
— बलिया वाले 2.0 (@balliawalebaba) February 26, 2025
Dear Ben Duckett, if you want to defeat India then reach the next round first.
Hope you care next time.#ChampionsTrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/1lny8fFUS9
— Rohit Baliyan (@rohit_balyan) February 26, 2025
Let’s laugh at Ben Duckett
Blud wanted to beat India in Champions Trophy final
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— कट्टर INDIA समर्थक
™ (@KKRWeRule) February 26, 2025
Ben Duckett, during the tour of India, said that it’s absolutely fine to lose vs India in this series. We shall beat them in the semis of the #ChampionsTrophy.
It’ll take a special effort today against Afghanistan to stay alive in the tournament. We can talk about the semis a…— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 26, 2025
The dream of Ben Duckett
Respect the nation where you are touring. As Ravi Shastri said- Take Subcontinent seriously. pic.twitter.com/UnpMGByMNK
— Rathin Dutta 𝕏 (@IamRathinDutta) February 27, 2025
Shame on Afghanistan for ruining Ben Duckett’s dream of defeating India in the final after being whitewashed in bilateral series.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) February 26, 2025
@BenDuckett1 Ben “The Big Mouth” Duckett would have to wait till 2029 to beat India in the Champions Trophy Semi Finals.. Till than he should just retire..
— Amit Vig (@AmVi_Cric) February 27, 2025
@BenDuckett1
Hey Ben Duckett your side didn’t get a TICKET to semis. You were dreaming of thrashing India but couldn’t win against our young neighbours. So funny to see English players doomed faces.— SATYENDRA WADEKAR (@satyendra05) February 27, 2025
However, Duckett has been in good form with the bat in the tournament. He is currently the leading run scorer in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with 2023 runs in two games at an average of over 101 and a strike rate of over 107.
He will have the chance to add to his tally against South Africa. Well, England’s struggles in ODI cricket continue as their loss against the Afghan side was their sixth consecutive defeat, marking their worst losing streak since September 2009.
I don’t want to make any emotional decisions: Jos Buttler
Notably, England finished 7th on the table in the 2023 ODI World Cup and then they are also yet to make it to the WTC Final.
Jos Buttler on England’s CT 2025 campaign: “Disappointing to be knocked out of the tournament early. We had our chances in the game, and we didn’t take them. Joe Root played an unbelievable innings, and we needed one of the top six batters to stay with him. The last 10 overs got away from us a bit. I’m disappointed with my form, but I don’t want to make any emotional decisions.”