Curated By: Aakash Biswas
Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 14:21 IST
Ben Stokes has his say on Ranchi Pitch
The Ranchi picth has definitely garnered consideration after visiting captain Ben Stokes commented that he has by no means seen a floor like this.
No Test collection in India might get attention-grabbing with none talks across the pitch. As India and England transfer to Ranchi to lock horns within the fourth recreation of the 5-match collection, the strip on the JSCA stadium has definitely garnered consideration after visiting captain Ben Stokes commented that he has by no means seen a floor like this.
The Ranchi monitor turned the purpose of dialogue after Ollie Pope on Wednesday talked concerning the ‘platey cracks’ in it, indicating flip and variable bounce to come into play from the phrase go. A day later, Stokes added to it saying that the seems attention-grabbing to him and he doesn’t have the concept how would it not behave.
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“It looked interesting, didn’t it? I don’t know, I’ve never seen something like that before so I have got no idea. I don’t know what could happen,” Stokes mentioned.
“If you looked down one side of opposite ends it just looked different to what I am used to seeing, especially out in India. It looked green and grassy up in the changing-rooms, but then you go out there, it looked different. Very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks in it,” he added.
No affirmation of his bowling
Stokes has been stopping himself from bowling full-tilt this collection. In reality, he hasn’t rolled his arms over since getting back from knee surgical procedure final 12 months. However, he has been coaching within the nets and has hinted at his return with the ball.
Asked about his risk of bowling at Ranchi, Stokes remained non-committal.
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“Before I had surgery I was told 12 to 13 weeks before I could start bowling. I am two weeks ahead of that and that’s the longest I’ve bowled but let’s see how everything is. If I feel I’m capable of bowling, I’ll bowl.”
“My knee itself was absolutely fine bowling (on Wednesday). It was just good to push past that 20-minute barrier, which is what I’ve been working around at the moment. It might be a bit stiff but we’ll wait and see,” he added.
