Three main reasons why Ben Stokes’ captaincy is over-rated
In the fifth Test match played in Dharamshala, India defeated England by an innings and 64 runs. Ben stokes. (Photo by MICHAEL STEELE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In the fifth Test match played in Dharamshala, India defeated England by an innings and 64 runs. In this match, all the players of the Indian team performed very well. Talking about England, the players failed to leave their mark. England Test team captain Ben Stokes failed to captain well in this series. Not only this, England’s baseball completely failed in front of the Indian team. Ben Stokes’ captaincy has been praised by many people but he had to face a lot of trouble in this Test series played against India. It was seen many times in this series that Ben Stokes was making a big mistake in an attempt to remove the pressure from himself. Today we will tell you the three main reasons why Ben Stocks’ captaincy is over-rated. 1- Has been seen getting upset against bigger teams Ben Stokes and Rohit Sharma. (Image Source: Getty Images) England has won most of the Test series at home under the captaincy of Ben Stokes. His record in Test series at home has been quite good. However, Ben Stokes has faced a lot of problems in captaincy in the Test series against Australia and South Africa. Even in Ashes 2023, Ben Stokes failed to captain well. Not only this, England also lost the five-match Test series played against India by 4-1.
IND vs ENG, 5th Test, Day 2 Highlights: After Rohit-Gill, Sarfaraz-Devdutt also showed amazing, India is in a strong position
By the end of the second day of the fifth Test match against England, India has put 473 runs on the board after losing 8 wickets. Sarfaraz Khan & Devdutt Padikkal (Photo Source: BCCI/X) IND vs ENG, 5th Test Day 2 Highlights: The last match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Dharamshala from March 8. After winning the toss and coming to bat first, the England team was all out for 218 runs in the first innings. Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets, while Ashwin, playing his 100th Test, took 4 wickets. By the end of the first day, Team India had scored 135 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in the first innings. Today, on the second day, Team India was seen batting brilliantly, by the end of the second day the team has put 473 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets, India has also taken a lead of 255 runs. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored centuries Team India had a great start in the first innings on the first day, with a partnership of 104 runs for the first wicket between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out to Shoaib Bashir after scoring 57 runs. By the end of the first day, Rohit Sharma was present at the crease with 52* runs and Shubman Gill with 26* runs. Today, on the second day, both the batsmen continued their brilliant game and completed centuries. Captain Rohit Sharma played an inning of 103 runs in 162 balls with the help of 13 fours and 3 sixes. This is the 12th century of Rohit Sharma’s Test career and his fourth Test century against England. Rohit Sharma lost his wicket against Ben Stokes in the 62nd over of the innings. Whereas Shubman Gill played an inning of 110 runs in 150 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes. Shubman Gill became the victim of James Anderson in the 63rd over. There was also a strong partnership of 171 runs for the second wicket between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Sarfaraz and debutant Devdutt Padikkal also played brilliant innings After Rohit Sharma and Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan and Devdutt Padikkal also showed their brilliant game. There was a partnership of 97 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Sarfaraz Khan played an inning of 56 runs in 60 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Sarfaraz Khan lost his wicket against Shoaib Bashir in the 85th over. Whereas debutant Devdutt Padikkal scored 65 runs in 103 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six. Devdutt Padikkal was also out by Shoaib Bashir. Ravindra Jadeja (15), Dhruv Jurel (15) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0) returned to the pavilion cheaply. By the end of the second day, Kuldeep Yadav is unbeaten at the crease on 27* and Jasprit Bumrah on 19*. Shoaib Bashir took 4 wickets for England. Whereas Tom Hartley has taken 2 wickets and Ben Stokes has taken 1 wicket.
VIDEO: Ben Stokes came to bowl in international cricket after 251 days, broke the hitman’s baton on the very first ball
Rohit Sharma was out after playing a brilliant inning of 103 runs. Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes (Image Credit- Twitter) IND vs ENG 5th Test: The last match of the ongoing five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Dharamshala from March 7. Let us tell you that in this match, Indians bowled brilliantly and reduced England’s first innings to just 218 runs. So after defeating England early, the Indian team started playing ahead of 135 runs on the second day of the game. However, in today’s match, Indian captain and hitman Rohit Sharma has been clean bowled by a ball from Ben Stokes, the video of which is going viral on social media very fast. Let us tell you that ever since Stokes became the captain of the England team, he has been seen bowling very little. So he was not seen bowling even in the first four matches of the ongoing Test series, but seeing the excellent partnership between Rohit and Gill for the second wicket, Stokes came to bowl, and in the 62nd over of India’s first innings. Stokes clean bowled Rohit on the very first ball with a total score of 103 runs. Also, let us tell you that Stokes came to bat in Test cricket after about 251 days. Watch the video of Stokes taking Rohit’s wicket ben stokes 🫢 pic.twitter.com/13dMcD2R8G — Saksham¹⁸ (@18kingvk) March 8, 2024
IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Know what the player of the match and captains of both the teams said?
India won the fourth test match by 5 wickets. India vs England, 4th Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The fourth Test match of the five-match Test series between India and England (IND vs ENG) took place in Ranchi. Let us tell you that on the fourth day of this match, India has defeated England by 5 wickets. So with this victory, India has also taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match Test series. Also, let us tell you that young batsman Shubman Gill and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel played important roles in India winning this match. Both of them took the team out of the stressful situation of the match and also made an unbroken partnership of 72 runs for the sixth wicket. Gill remained unbeaten on 52* and Jurrell remained unbeaten on 39* in the match. Apart from this, he also played an inning of 90 runs in the first innings of this match. So for this brilliant performance he was awarded the Player of the Match award. Let us know who said what after the end of the match- Player of the match Dhruv Jurel said I play as per the demand of the situation. Even in the first innings we needed to score runs, we knew we had to bat last and so any runs would be important. I was involved in a few partnerships, so credit to everyone who stayed and added runs. I just saw the ball and then reacted to it, not thinking too far ahead. The conversation was good (with Shubman Gill in the second innings), we broke it into 10-run sets and started developing partnerships. Losing team captain Ben Stokes said I think it was a great test match. If you look at the scoreboard, it will say India won by 5 wickets, but the way things unfolded, there were ups and downs every day, it was not given credit for that. I can only be proud of our team, we have some inexperienced spinners (Bashir and Hartley) but I am proud of their efforts, they came here without a lot of experience and the way they bowled, I can’t . Part of my captaincy is to give the youngsters the freedom to enjoy and play in some difficult and intimidating conditions in India. I’m a big fan of Test cricket, the amount of youth coming into both teams creates good conditions for the future of Test cricket. If you look at yesterday, anything was possible, it was incredibly difficult to bat against the spinners (Ashwin, Jadeja and Kuldeep), it became difficult to score runs and it became difficult to rotate the strike. We knew the pitch would not get better than what we saw today. I don’t think criticism of Joe Root is fair, he has played a lot of cricket and has scored 12,000 Test runs. He is incredible, so is Bashir, what a story, what a journey, taking 8 wickets with 5 wickets against India after playing very little cricket is fantastic. You want to win series, you…
IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Take a look at the top 10 memes of the match after Ranchi Test
India won the fourth test match against England by 5 wickets. Team India (Photo Source: X/Twitter) IND vs ENG, 4th Test: The fourth match of the five-match Test series between India and England was played in Ranchi from 23 February. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first. The England cricket team had put 353 runs on the board in the first innings. Joe Root played the highest innings of 122 runs. Ollie Robinson scored 58 runs and Jack Crawley played an inning of 42 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took maximum 4 wickets in the first innings for India. Akash Deep took 3 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets. The Indian team was seen struggling in the first innings. The team had lost 7 wickets at the score of 177. But then Dhruv Jurel’s innings gave strength to the team. Dhruv Jurel played an inning of 90 runs in 149 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal had scored 73 runs. Shoaib Bashir took maximum 5 wickets for England, while Tom Hartley took 3 and James Anderson took 2 wickets. The England team was all out for 145 runs in the second innings due to the excellent bowling of India. Jack Crawley had scored the highest score of 60 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin had taken 5 wickets in his name. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav had taken 4 wickets. India had a target of 192 runs to win, captain Rohit Sharma played an inning of 55 runs. Whereas Shubman Gill played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs and Dhruv Jurel played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs. On the strength of which India won by 5 wickets in the fourth test match. With a spectacular win in the fourth test, India has won the series 3-1. IND vs ENG: Top 10 memes after India’s victory in the fourth test Bye Bye England pic.twitter.com/O8cumYS65c — Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) February 26, 2024 pic.twitter.com/8IpkMIzqor — गाभरु🚩 (@thoda_rude_hu) February 26, 2024 Bye Bye Baseball pic.twitter.com/dcHA1DrSoH — Abhishek (@be_mewadi) February 26, 2024 Well done Dhruv Jurel pic.twitter.com/BNor6qIdFr — Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) February 26, 2024 Rohit Bhai 🫡 pic.twitter.com/r1LE1PAWet — Gagan🇮🇳 (@1no_aalsi_) February 26, 2024 Meanwhile Rahul Dravid to Rajat Patidar after Kuldeep Yadav faced the maximum ball in the Indian inning 😅#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/Q2VWu4WhoP — Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) February 25, 2024 Lord Rajat Patidar missed his century by just 100 runs 🥲 What a talent he is 🫡 #INDvENG #INDvsENG4thTest pic.twitter.com/NdCzMGfEmV — Rajan Mishra (@RajanMi83929551) February 26, 2024 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/oDnSN38RvZ — Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) February 26, 2024 India won the series *Meanwhile family man Kohli ji*: pic.twitter.com/uqIBYoxZhP — Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) February 26, 2024
Brad Hogg scolded Ben Stokes for blaming DRS for the defeat, gave a big statement
Out of the three matches played against India, England has been able to win only 1. Brad Hogg slams Ben Stokes (Image Credit- Twitter Currently a five-match Test series is being played between India and England (IND vs ENG). Three matches of the series have been played and Team India is currently leading 2-1. Under the leadership of Ben Stokes, England won the first Test match, but in the next two matches, England could not perform well and had to face defeat. On the other hand, Jack Crawley’s dismissal by the umpire in the third Test match had become a topic of much discussion in the cricket world. So after the match, England captain Ben Stokes started making statements regarding umpire’s call and DRS. However, now a big statement has come out from former Australian spinner and veteran cricketer Brad Hogg regarding Stokes blaming the defeat on DRS. Brad Hogg gave a big statement regarding Ben Stokes Let us tell you that 53 year old Brad Hogg said through a video uploaded on his YouTube channel – The more I think about it, the more I see a slight mistake in the technique of umpire’s call. I think England had to suffer the consequences of this in the third match. But the opposition team may also have to suffer this. Stop complaining about DRS. It is equally equal for both sides. Hogg further said about Stokes not bowling – Ben Stokes’ bowling is good for England, but they do not want to put too much pressure on him. Keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, if he is not a good all-rounder, it could prove costly for them. It was good to see that the coach and support staff took control of the situation.