Ben Stokes
After starting the Test series against India with a win, England suffered defeat in their next two matches. Now, after the 1-2 series defeat, Ranchi Test is considered very important for England. In such a situation, captain Ben Stokes, who has been playing only as a batsman since last year, was seen bowling in the nets ahead of the fourth Test. In such a situation, there are speculations that Stokes will also be seen bowling in this match. Stokes also responded to this in the press conference a day before the Ranchi Test.
No, I think maybe and maybe not
Ben Stokes underwent rigorous bowling training in the nets just a day before the start of the fourth Test match against India. Afterwards, when asked a question about bowling in the game, he replied: No, I think it may happen, but it may not. However, it was not clear from his answer whether he would bowl in the Ranchi Test or not. At the same time, England have already announced their 11 players for the fourth game, in which there were two changes. Ollie Robinson and Shoaib Bashir were added to the team in place of Mark Wood and Rehan Ahmed.
Stokes gave this reason for including Robinson
Regarding the decision to include Ollie Robinson in place of Mark Wood in the Ranchi Test match, Ben Stokes said that given this wicket, Robinson could prove to be a better option for us. I think the spinners will be more dominant on this wicket but we will also benefit from the length of Ollie Robinson. We tell you that the English team is currently in 8th place in the points table of the third edition of the World Test Championship with a percentage of 21.87 points.
(PTI INPUTS)
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