Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has hit out in opposition to Ben Stokes being in comparison with legendary England all-rounder Ian Botham. in his YouTube channel, Chopra has shunned the Ben Stokes hype and has pointed to the variety of runs made by the England captain within the not too long ago concluded collection.
The English media went gaga after Stokes picked a wicket along with his very first ball within the collection, which got here within the last Take a look at match at Dharamsala. Stokes returned with the ball after the Lunch break on March 8 and clear bowled Rohit Sharma along with his first ball after knee surgical procedure.
Chopra nonetheless identified that Ben Stokes – the batter – had not accomplished something all through the Take a look at collection and had nearly equal runs to England’s debutant spinner Tom Hartley.
“The England media is saying that Ben Stokes is at par with Ian Botham as an all-rounder. I’m saying the reality is that he has been extraordinarily disappointing as a batter on this complete collection. Regardless of scoring 70 runs within the first match, his and Tom Hartley’s runs are nearly equal,” Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.
England captain Stokes scored 199 runs from the 5 Assessments, whereas Hartley made 185 runs.
Chopra was essential of senior batter Jonny Bairstow as properly, who performed his a centesimal Take a look at match within the collection. Bairstow got here out in an aggressive method within the last Take a look at match in Dharamsala however was dismissed for 29 and 31 respectively. In each innings, Bairstow had a strike-rate of 100+ however did not survive greater than 31 deliveries.
“Jonny Bairstow would not play whereas standing in his place as a result of he would not have the arrogance to do this. He isn’t studying the ball from the hand and the massive pictures are a cop-out. Everytime you noticed Jonny Bairstow play, you felt like he needed to interrupt jail and escape,” Chopra stated.
After dropping the Take a look at collection 4-1 in opposition to India, England totter within the eighth place within the World Take a look at Championship factors desk with 3 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw after 10 matches. England have a win proportion of 17.5 which signifies that it’s unlikely that they will attain the ultimate of the WTC, set to be held in 2025.
