Last Updated: October 20, 2023, 00:01 IST
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Ben Stokes stated himself prepared Thursday to play in England’s important Cricket World Cup match versus South Africa after missing out on the very first 3 video games since of injury.
MUMBAI, India: Ben Stokes stated himself all set Thursday to play in England’s important Cricket World Cup match versus South Africa after missing out on the very first 3 video games since of injury.
Stokes, the match-winner in the 2019 last, has actually been battling with a hip issue sustained a week before the World Cup and missed out on the losses to New Zealand and Afghanistan, which came either side of a win over Bangladesh.
England next deals with the Proteas on Saturday with its title defense on the rocks.
“It was a discouraging little niggle to get before the competition,” the test captain informed the BBC before a training session at the Wankhede Stadium, “however I have actually worked extremely hard to return to where I am and I am making myself prepared to be readily available for choice.
“We have had a couple of day of rests because the last video game and the very first training session here in Mumbai. I’ll provide it an excellent push however, yes, I believe whatever is respectable. I remain in a great location.”
England will hope Stokes’ return will resuscitate the group’s opportunities in India and he is delighting in the pressure.
“I handle it quite simple to be sincere, due to the fact that I understand I am someone in a group sport,” he stated. “No one aims to someone in this group to motivate them or anything like that. It is not the case that if I do can be found in then suddenly we are going to succeed.
“It is simply among those things that gets discussed a lot however I do not check out into excessive. Everybody that abandons to that field for England is a match-winner and can do something separately that can win us a video game. We simply require to tone it down a bit on me returning in.”
Stokes will just be a batter at this World Cup as he handles his work after the Ashes.
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