IND vs. Eng Test: ‘It is finished …’ – Ben Stokes convicted Edgbaston Pitch for 337 -Ran Hammer of England. Cricket news
England captain Ben Stokes on Sunday convicted Edgbaston Surface in the second Test in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against India for his team’s 337-run loss. India defeated England by 337 runs to beat the five-match Test series 1–1. The third test between the two sides will be played at Lord’s, which will begin on 10 July.Stokes told the BBC, “To be honest, it probably ended as a subcontinent pitch because we became darker and darker in the game.”“It was definitely a bit to start with it. I think we had exposed it very well. But then as it became darker and darker, it became a real hard slogan for us.“Obviously they are used in those situations with the Indian attack, they knew how to expose those situations better than us. And this can happen sometimes. This is nothing about being very disappointed, you know. We can be out-skilled. ,In the post -match presentation, Stokes pointed to two situations where England lost the match, as they took a major lead of 180 runs for India and allowed their batsmen, including captain Shubman Gill.
“Two moments-due to being 200-5 and not being able to open them after a good start with the ball. And being 80-5. It was going to be difficult to scrape back from there. You look back at 200-5-if we were able to burst them in the open, we could have been different,” he said.Asked if he was worried about struggling to set the England bowlers collectively to set fire to the England bowlers, “I will not say that it’s a concern. We ran away. We ran away, we tried to do everything, we changed the plans, but when a team is at your top – and India is a class team – it is difficult to change.
