England have earned the right to be favourites for 2019 World Cup, says Ben Stokes
Cricket | May 20, 2019 10:35 ISTBen Stokes said that the tag was a result of the performance that his team has put up day in and day out over the last few seasons.
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Ben Stokes said that the tag was a result of the performance that his team has put up day in and day out over the last few seasons.
This year, the World Cup will be enriched with top-quality all-rounders who are in devastating form going into the tournament.
While Roy slammed a blistering ton, Stokes got England over the line, pacing the chase to perfection in the final overs with Tom Curran also weighing in.
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Rajasthan Royals will be without the likes of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer while Jonny Bairstow departed from the Sunrisers camp.
Steve Smith said that Rajasthan Royals will miss the England pair of Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes, who also flew to England after the end of the KKR game.
In IPL 2019, Stokes has managed to score just 112 runs and picked six wickets from 8 games. But for the all-rounder, it is more important to move on, be the past bright or gloomy.
Stokes also insisted that he does not want to be remembered as 'a guy who had a fight in the street'.
Taking time out of the busy IPL season, Stokes visited Taabar, a shelter home for rescued child labourers, and watched a street play about child labour at Gyan Ashram School in Mansarovar.
Gopal said that the pressure created in the powerplay helped the spinner as the RCB batsmen looked to attack him to get the scoreboard moving.
Ben Stokes hailed CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying there was a lot to learn from him. Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 75 to bail his team out of trouble from 27 for three.
MS Dhoni played an intelligent knock of 75 off 46 balls as Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 runs at Chepauk.
While the bowling is an area that SRH will look to correct, the Royals will want to ensure that they get their batting right.
Ravichandran Ashwin mankadded Jos Buttler in the 13th over of the Rajasthan innings and that got the whole cricket world talking about 'Spirit of the Game'
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Gayle is one of a handful of players who would not shirk from chasing 419 and the 39-year-old Jamaican picked up Buttler's baton with a ton of his own.
Veteran opener Chris Gayle also chipped in with 50 from 63 deliveries, while Shai Hope made 33.
Wood registered around 150 kph on the speed gun as he wrapped up his first Test five-wicket haul.
Stokes, whose availability was in some doubt because of a bruised right heel, was a fortunate 62 not out, and Buttler was 67 not out.
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