England’s star participant Ben Stokes has pulled out of the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup which can assist him to deal with regaining his health to grow to be the ‘all-rounder’
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England’s star participant Ben Stokes on April 2 pulled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup, saying the “sacrifice” will assist him deal with regaining his health to bowl full throttle and be the “all-rounder I want to be for the foreseeable future”.
The nation’s Test captain has knowledgeable the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about his choice, two months forward of the showpiece that can be held within the USA and West Indies.
“I’m working hard and focusing on building my bowling fitness back up to fulfil a full role as an all-rounder in all formats of cricket.
“Opting out of the IPL and the World Cup will hopefully be a sacrifice that enables me to be the all-rounder I need to be for the foreseeable future,” Stokes said in a statement issued by the ECB.
Stokes, 32, was in-charge of the the team that suffered a 1-4 Test series loss to India earlier this year and said the tour made him realise that he isn’t quite up for it when it comes to bowling.
“The current Test tour of India highlighted how far behind I used to be from a bowling perspective after my knee surgical procedure and 9 months with out bowling.
“I’m looking forward to playing for Durham in the County Championship before the start of our Test summer. I wish Jos (Buttler), Motty (Matthew Mott) and all the team the best of luck in defending our title.” England can be defending the title within the Caribbean having triumphed within the final version of the event in Australia in 2022, with Stokes hitting the profitable run within the last for a five-wicket victory over Pakistan on the MCG.
However, he has solely performed two T20 matches since, each finally yr’s IPL.
Having beforehand retired from ODI cricket in 2022, Stokes reversed his choice so as to play within the 50-over World Cup final yr in India, following which he underwent a knee surgical procedure that didn’t enable him to bowl within the Test sequence towards India.
He was solely in a position to bowl 5 overs in the course of the 5 matches in India.
