IND vs Eng Test: Ben Stokes hit back to Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar – ‘Ten more runs, or whatever it was …’. Cricket news

Ben Stokes hit Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar not to go for a draw and chase their milestones back. The drama burst at the beginning of the last hour of the match on Sunday when Home Skipper Ben Stokes offered to join hands with Indian batsmen, realizing that a lump sum result was not possible.

Jadeja and Washington batted at 89 and 80 respectively, making the England captain disappointed. Stokes later said that he proposed as he did not want to hurt his tired frontline bowlers.Ben Stokes quoted the Times as saying, “In the situation in which India found itself, it was a little open to the game, this partnership was on a large scale.”“You hold your hands. They play incredibly, incredibly well. I don’t think walking out of 100 would have given much satisfaction, your team would have been excluded from a difficult situation, not going out of 80 or 90. This is what you have done for your team.“Ten more runs, or whatever it was, is not going to change the fact that you managed to get your team out of a very, very difficult situation and saved your team from a series defeat before the previous game.”Both Jadeja and Washington, after bringing their centuries, eventually called India a draw. This was Washington’s first Test ton.

“As it reached the point where the draw is unavoidable, I was never risking any of my frontline bowlers, who we have and this week as well as the work burden through the entire series,” Stokes said. “As soon as it was 15 overs or the last hour, it was always going to be a shake hand.The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is equally carrying on the five-match series with England 2–1. The fifth and final test will begin at the Oval from Thursday.