No complaints about Indian wickets: Ben Stokes concedes better side won Test series

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India vs England 4th Take a look at at Ranchi, Feb 23-27, 2024,
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Benjamin Andrew Stokes

Printed on: Feb 27, 2024

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England captain Ben Stokes on Monday, February 26, admitted that India had been the higher aspect underneath the circumstances and deserved winners. He additionally didn’t increase any complaints concerning the wickets, conceding that India gained the collection honest and sq..

India beat England by 5 wickets within the fourth Take a look at in Ranchi to clinch the five-match collection 3-1. It was a whole turnaround for England after that they had fought again brilliantly to win the primary Take a look at in Hyderabad by 28 runs. They’d their moments in Ranchi as nicely, the place they held the higher hand after two days, however couldn’t capitalize on the benefit.

With the collection loss to India, England suffered their first Take a look at collection defeat within the Bazball period. Admitting that the outcomes have been disappointing, Stokes gave credit score to India, particularly the spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. He additionally rued England not taking their possibilities once they had been forward within the sport.

“It is all the time disappointing being on the shedding crew. Trying again at after we had our likelihood to bat yesterday, cricket is all the time talent in opposition to talent. Ashwin, Jadeja and Kuldeep and the circumstances we discovered ourselves in in opposition to them was very, very difficult,” Stokes mentioned after the loss in Ranchi.

“When India have a sniff in circumstances like that, any crew goes to search out it exhausting to not solely hold the scoreboard ticking however rotate the strike. You have to give them a variety of credit score for the best way wherein they bowled in very favorable circumstances. On this event, their talent was higher than ours yesterday,” he added.

England made just a few eye-grabbing feedback on the Ranchi pitch and its cracks forward of the fourth Take a look at. However Stokes didn’t put down the loss to the floor. The all-rounder commented, “I had no concept what it was going to do and I used to be very shocked the way it saved collectively. The temperatures of the day made it behave otherwise however I believe all 4 have been actually good Take a look at match pitches.

“We have seen on many events when it is exhausting to get them out, however there might be durations when spin is a risk. They’re the circumstances you count on in India. No complaints, simply superb wickets and 4 video games, 4 outcomes, so cannot complain,” the England captain added.

England have misplaced the Take a look at collection to India, ending their undefeated run within the Bazball period, their first main setback since Brendon McCullum joined forces with Stokes. Nonetheless, the England skipper was happy with the progress of younger spinners Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir.

“They will be capable to go away on the finish of this tour with their heads held very excessive. For us as an England crew going ahead, we have got extra thrilling expertise which is a superb factor for English cricket,” he asserted.

The fifth and ultimate Take a look at of the India-England collection begins in Dharamsala on March 7.

–By A Cricket Correspondent