England Captain Ben Stokes decided to leave his plans to play England Lions after the pounding of winning over Zimbabwe on Saturday 24 May.
England continued to win the match for shifts and 45 runs on Saturday when they prepared for the Indian series. Stokes in an interview about the presentation after the match admitted that he had a plan to play England Lions game against India and before tourJust in case he needed more game time.
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Stokes said that at the moment it is important for him to rest with England, which will play India and then face Australia in ashes down.
“He doesn’t feel good with the bat. It was good to get there and the Mark Center again. I have had something that filter in the background that I felt like I needed, but it was more like we felt just as good. We were weighed because I was that I took it, because I just had it that I had 10 because I was very important.
Stokes said he had to work hard to get back to the side and the performance against Zimbabwe was a huge support for him.
“It will still take time. It’s a pretty traumatic thing to make the body undergo surgery.
Stokes proud of the performance of Crawley, Duckett and Pope
Stokes, who spoke about hundreds of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope, said his comment Jacob Bethell had no pressure on them. England Captain appreciated the trio for his knocking and felt happy that everyone was well in control of Zimbabwe.
“You go there and play to England, you know every game is important. The context of Jacob Bethello said he would return to the group. For Zak and Pope and Duckett there as we wanted to push through. Go there and continue dynamics and play exceptional and the Pope is a huge part of the team.
“Anyone who got under a microscope from the outside has done quite well. We have a nice gap between the India series. We only appreciate the knock of three. They were all fantastic,” Stokes said.
England will face India in 5-match test series from June 20.
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May 24, 2025
