Ben Stokes brushes apart pitch debate, claims Test batsmen ‘handle all conditions’

Brushing apart the incessant discuss round spin-friendly pitches in India, big-hitting England all-rounder Ben Stokes has stated that Test gamers needs to be proficient in dealing with every kind of situations.
Ahead of the day/evening Test right here beginning Wednesday, Stokes puzzled how the newly-refurbished Motera strip would behave however on the similar time, pressured that top-flight cricketers ought to be capable to cope with no matter they’re confronted with.
“The thing about being a Test batsman is that you need to be able to handle all types of conditions. India is one of the places where it is a lot tougher for overseas batsmen to come and be successful, but then so too is England,” he wrote in a column for the ‘Daily Mirror’.
“And that is part of the game, the challenges and why we love it,” he stated.
The turning tracks in India grew to become a speaking level in the course of the ongoing collection when some former England gamers comparable to Michael Vaughan requested whether or not such strips had been ideally suited for Test cricket.
The collection is tied at 1-1 after India’s good 317-run triumph within the second Test in Chennai. Stokes’ bowling quota of simply two overs in that sport raised a couple of eyebrows however he stated it was about
“Don’t learn an excessive amount of into the truth that I didn’t bowl an enormous quantity within the second sport, I’m positive if it was a inexperienced seamer I’d have bowled much more overs.
“I think there may be more reason for me to bowl under lights in the next game if it will help the team.”
So much is at stake for each India and England within the four-match collection because the World Test Championships last spot continues to be up for grabs. While India have to win one and draw one other to make it, England must triumph in each the remaining video games.
Stokes stated no person has the slightest clue how the monitor would behave.
“Generally around the world whenever these pink ball games are played there is always a period when the ball starts doing a bit under lights and it brings the seamers right into the game,” Stokes wrote.
“For us out right here that might be large. And at a model new floor that appears fairly spectacular no-one will know simply the way it will react.
“We’ve got a good spin department, but hopefully with conditions that suit, we’ve certainly got a seam department to back them up strongly.”
Stokes stated the Test triumph of the English crew that toured in 2012 has been an inspiration for the present aspect.
“There aren’t too many groups who come away from India with a collection win.
The lads from 2012 are rightly happy with their achievement and the remainder of us wish to be part of Rooty, Jonny, Jimmy and Broady in reaching it for ourselves, and what an opportunity we’ve obtained,” the 29-year-old stated.
The final result of the primary two Test was just about determined by the crew batting first and posting a large complete. If it was England in first Test, India did the identical within the second. Stokes acknowledged the “scoreboard pressure”.
“Scoreboard stress in Test cricket might be at its most distinguished within the sub-continent, and performs a large half in making an attempt to win the sport.
“The good thing is we know what it takes to win out here, so it is about putting that into practice once more, learning what we can from the second Test and delivering this week,” he wrote.