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India vs England third Check at Rajkot, Feb 15-19, 2024,
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Benjamin Andrew Stokes
Revealed on: Feb 15, 2024
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England captain Ben Stokes downplayed the event of that includes in his landmark a hundredth Check and stated that he was stay up for the ‘theatre’ of enjoying towards India in India
Stokes will change into the sixteenth England cricketer to function in 100 or extra Checks when he leads the staff within the third Check towards India in Rajkot, which stars on Thursday. February 15. Within the pre-match press convention, Stokes didn’t learn an excessive amount of into enjoying 100 Checks, however was as an alternative centered on the larger problem at hand.
“Milestones are what they’re. I’ve at all times loved enjoying towards India due to the competition, the theatre it brings,” he stated, whereas replying to a question on his a hundredth Check match.
The India-England contest has been an in depth one to this point. The guests gained the opening Check in Hyderabad by 28 runs, whereas India fought again in Visakhapatnam to win the second match by 106 runs.
Requested concerning the floor for the third Check in Rajkot, Stokes stated that he doesn’t need to have any preconceived notions on the floor.
“You look down and there is a few cracks that meet up. Solely time will inform if they are going to come into it. (I) do not need to have too many preconceived concepts about pitches, however you do need to have some kind of thought which informs the XI you choose,” the all-rounder stated.
Through the media interplay, Stokes additionally praised Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who gained the second Checks for the hosts with a sensational spell of bowling, claiming six wickets within the first innings and three within the second.
Stating that England don’t have any particular plans in place to sort out Bumrah, Stokes commented, “Jasprit Bumrah is an unbelievable bowler. He is confirmed that for a really very long time and has carried out very well within the two video games. I believe everybody has to go their very own approach of not attempting to take care of Bumrah however we do have to attain runs off him as properly and that is what we’ll attempt to do.
“However when that does not work, you simply have to provide credit score to the bowler and Jasprit’s been excellent the primary two video games. We have all obtained our personal processes towards each single bowler and there is not any staff approach of enjoying anybody. However as we at all times attempt to can we’ll be attempting to maintain the main focus round us,” he added.
Stokes additionally dismissed the evaluation that Virat Kohli and Ok L Rahul’s absence from the Indian squad offers benefit to England. Whereas Kohli has pulled out of all the sequence, Rahul is out of motion because the first Check as a result of a quadriceps harm.
“KL sustained an harm within the first sport and that has stored him out. I stated the opposite day that Virat not being right here, I do not prefer it getting used as a profit to us or an obstacle to India. There may be some particular causes as to why he isn’t enjoying on this sequence and it needs to be left to that versus a bonus or drawback to any facet,” the England captain opined.
He additionally wished Kohli properly and added, “I want Virat with every little thing that is going round and all our properly needs from the staff. You need the most effective gamers enjoying and he’s certainly one of them. Hopefully he will probably be again on the sphere very quickly.”
In the meantime, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is on the verge of finishing 500 Check scalps. He wants just one wicket to achieve the landmark in Rajkot.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
