England captain Ben Stokes’ batting woes continues

England skippers batting woes continues as he failed to take his innings beyond the score of 33 on Day 4 of the Lord’s Test. Perhaps the weight of his own high expectations is hindering his performance.

Ben can wina game with the bat out of nowhere. He is a cricketer who can bowl at more than 135 kmph and produce moments of magic to break the game open. He can be brilliant in the field, often making people wonder what is indeed possible when playing this sport. And if you have pictured all of that, chances are you may have stumbled upon Ben Stokes.
Capable of anything and everything. Which also means that he is often held to incredibly high standards. Whether it be with bat, or with ball, or, more recently, as Test captain’s  dismissal, adding 36 runs for the second wicket and appearing set to see off the remaining overs when he was hit plumb on the pad by an inswinging delivery from Brydon Carse while shaping for what would prove to be a misjudged leave.

India were in deep trouble thereafter as Carse would inflict an even bigger blow on India’s hopes by dismissing the in-form Shubman Gill in his following over, also trapping him leg-before with the Indian captain burning a review on his way to the pavilion. England captain Ben Stokes would then castle nightwatchman Akash Deep at the stroke of stumps to reduce India to 58/4.

News Edit KV Raman