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Former India National Cricket Team opening batsman Aakash Chopra has showered praise on the England National Cricket Team captain Ben Stokes for his remarkable batting show in the second Ashes 2023 Test against Australia National Cricket Team at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
England captain Stokes played a stunning knock in the final innings of the Lord’s Test. He started off cautiously and was well supported by Ben Duckett. After losing Duckett as well as Jonny Bairstow, Stokes unleashed his aggressive avatar and smashed Aussie bowlers all over the park.
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However, Stokes was unable to repeat his Headingley 2019 heroics as he was cleaned by the premier pacer Josh Hazlewood. He scored 155 runs off 214 balls, with 9 fours and 9 sixes. After his dismissal, England lost back-to-back wickets and lost the game by 43 runs.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra hailed Stokes for his terrific knock under pressure. He elaborated:
“You will have to praise Ben Stokes, the sort of knocks he has played under pressure in the Ashes or the World Cup final. Cometh the hour, cometh the man, that’s Ben Stokes.
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“Nine fielders were in the deep and despite that, what Ben Stokes does, only Ben Stokes does that. The Ashes were going absolutely cold thus far. He was okay as a captain but as a batter and bowler, big name but his performances were not that big until now.”
Aakash Chopra Compares Ben Stokes To Garfield Sobers
Aakash Chopra further said that the heroics of Ben Stokes under pressure at the Lord’s is the reason why the modern-day batting great Virat Kohli calls him the “most competitive bloke”.
Chopra, mighty impressed with Stokes, went on to compare the England captain to legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers. He elaborated:
“Virat Kohli also said that he is the most competitive cricketer that he has come across and this is why. There is no doubt that he is a big-match player. He raises his game to a different level.”
“There are a few players who you look at them like that. I remember a thing about Sir Gary Sobers. It used to be said about him that when his team used to be 300/4 or 300/5, he didn’t use to score runs, that it is not challenging enough. As soon as they were 105/5 or 70/6, then Sir Garry used to hit a lot. It seems to be something similar in the case of Stokes. I remember the Leeds match, this Lord’s match.”
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