Where did Ben Stokes go wrong, former Australian captain revealed
Ben stokes India vs England : The new format with which the England cricket team started playing in Tests under the captaincy of Ben Stokes and coaching of Brendon Mukkulam has been named Baseball. Before coming to India, England batted in this style and won many matches, but this formula proved to be a flop in India. The England team was able to win only the first match and after that it had to face defeat in four consecutive matches. This is the first time since the baseball era that the England team has lost 4 consecutive matches. But the question is where Ben Stokes and his team went wrong. Now former Australian captain Ian Chappell has exposed this.
Ian Chappell told the whole thing
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said that England captain Ben Stokes’ aggressive leadership style faltered in the fourth Test in Ranchi. From here India captured the series. After this the England team could not recover. The first match of India vs England series was played in Hyderabad. In this, there was a good captaincy contest between Indian captain Rohit Sharma and England captain Ben Stokes, but Stokes’ strategy during the Ranchi Test was a flop. The fourth match of the series was played in Ranchi. By winning this match, India captured the series.
Ben Stokes this was a mistake here
Ian Chappell believes that after the 84-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in Ranchi, Stokes allowed India to take easy singles while chasing the target. After this, the unbeaten 72-run partnership between Shubhman Gill and Dhruv Jurel made India’s task easy to win. Chappell said that Ben Stokes missed his strategy in Ranchi. He then made a wrong field setup, which helped India take many easy singles on the final day. At a time when Stokes needed to be strong as a captain, he proved to be a bit light there.
Baseball formula was a hit before coming to India
Before this series, Ben Stokes had commanded his team in a total of 18 matches in Test cricket. Out of these, England had won 13 matches. He had to face defeat in 4 matches. One match ended in a draw. All the matches were played on the same baseball formula. Even after coming to India, when the England team managed to win the Hyderabad Test in the first match, it seemed that there would be difficulties for India in future also. But the Indian team made such a counterattack in the very second match that the England team could not recover from it till the end and the series was lost.
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