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India vs England third Take a look at 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 Take a look at and stated that he was stay up for the ‘theatre’ of taking part in towards India in India
Stokes will develop into the sixteenth England cricketer to characteristic in 100 or extra Assessments when he leads the workforce within the third Take a look at 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 taking part in 100 Assessments, however was as a substitute centered on the larger problem at hand.
“Milestones are what they’re. I’ve all the time loved taking part in towards India due to the competition, the theatre it brings,” he stated, whereas replying to a question on his a hundredth Take a look at match.
The India-England contest has been an in depth one to this point. The guests gained the opening Take a look at 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 Take a look at 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 may come into it. (I) do not need to have too many preconceived concepts about pitches, however you do should have some kind of thought which informs the XI you choose,” the all-rounder stated.
Throughout the media interplay, Stokes additionally praised Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who gained the second Assessments 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 deal with 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 feel everybody has to go their very own means of not attempting to take care of Bumrah however we do have to attain runs off him as effectively 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 workforce means of taking part in anybody. However as we all the time attempt to can we’ll be attempting to maintain the main target round us,” he added.
Stokes additionally dismissed the evaluation that Virat Kohli and Ok L Rahul’s absence from the Indian squad provides benefit to England. Whereas Kohli has pulled out of the complete collection, Rahul is out of motion for the reason that first Take a look at because of a quadriceps harm.
“KL sustained an harm within the first recreation and that has saved 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’s not taking part in on this collection and it must be left to that versus a bonus or drawback to any facet,” the England captain opined.
He additionally wished Kohli effectively and added, “I want Virat with every thing that is going round and all our effectively needs from the workforce. You need the most effective gamers taking part in and he’s certainly one of them. Hopefully he can be again on the sphere very quickly.”
In the meantime, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is on the verge of finishing 500 Take a look at scalps. He wants just one wicket to achieve the landmark in Rajkot.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
