IND vs ENG | Ben Stokes wasted at No.6 in T20Is: Kevin Pietersen
Cricket | March 21, 2021 15:16 ISTStokes batted at No.5 or No.6 throughout England's five-match T20I series in India which ended in a 2-3 defeat for the visitors.
Stokes batted at No.5 or No.6 throughout England's five-match T20I series in India which ended in a 2-3 defeat for the visitors.
In the post-match press conference, Stokes said that he would've loved for England to seal the series with a win in the fourth T20I, but the loss comes as a blessing in disguise.
Stokes scored 55 off 121 balls before a skidder from Washington Sundar trapped him leg before on the opening day of the final Test against India.
Only Stokes (55) and Dan Lawrence (46) were able to show some resistance on the opening day of the fourth Test.
Indian captain Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes were seen engaging in a heated argument, and the umpires had to intervene to put them apart.
No other batsman has been dismissed more times by Ashwin than Stokes, surpassing Australia's David Warner with 10 dismissals and Alastair Cook with nine.
India bowled England out on 112 in the first innings and ended Day 1 at 99/3 in the third Test in Ahmedabad.
The incident took place at the end of the 12th over when Stokes was seen using saliva to shine the ball.
Stokes was dismissed thrice by Ashwin in the first two Tests in Chennai. The power-hitter was, in fact, stifled quite remarkably by the local favourite in the second game
Ben Stokes fell to Ravichandran Ashwin for the third time in a row during the second innings of the second Test in Chennai.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes performed a handstand during the Day 3 of the ongoing second Test in Chennai.
It was in the penultimate over in the game when Pant refused to take strike following a chirping from the English slip cordon.
One of the main reasons was six no balls that he bowled so far and Nadeem admitted that he is having some technical difficulties.
Dominic Bess, batting on 19, hit Washington Sundar's delivery straight to Rohit in the 175th over.
England ended the day two at an intimidating 555 for eight, built around Root's 218 that was result of a near nine-hour effort in which he faced 377 balls.
The all-rounder put up a 124-run partnership with England captain Joe Root, who scored his second double century in three Tests on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah unleashed a toe-crushing yorker to Ben Stokes in the opening session of Day 2 in the first Test in Chennai.
One of the architects of India's historic Test series win in Australia last month, Pant was on Tuesday nominated for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award.
The two along with Rory Burns were not a part of the Sri Lanka Test series with Stokes and Archer being rested for workload management purpose while Burns skipped the previous tour due to the birth of his first child.
The big-ticket series starts here on February 5 and the team's training is scheduled to commence from February 2.
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