The star all-rounder Ben Stokes is about to return throughout England’s World Cup 2023 sport towards South Africa on October 21. Stokes missed England’s opening three video games resulting from a sore hip however has declared himself absolutely match to return throughout his staff’s subsequent sport in Mumbai.
Stokes smashed 182 runs towards New Zealand within the third ODI sport to point out his price however suffered a minor hip damage earlier than the World Cup. He was tipped to make a return throughout England’s final sport towards Afghanistan in Delhi however was not in a position to get better on time.
The 32-year-old star landed in Mumbai for the staff’s subsequent sport towards South Africa and took part within the coaching session as effectively. He declared himself match to make a return and mentioned he would give a superb push on his comeback.
“[It was] a frustrating little niggle to get before the tournament starts,” Stokes informed BBC. “But I have worked very hard to get back to where I am and making myself ready to be available for selection. We have had a few days off since the last game and the first training session here in Mumbai. [I will] give it a good push but, yes, I think everything is pretty good. I am in a good place.”
England suffered a shock defeat towards Afghanistan and are underneath stress to take an opportunity on Stokes. The red-ball staff captain mentioned that the staff was disillusioned to lose towards Afghanistan however the camp has moved on and is seeking to the subsequent problem.
“We are only three games into a tournament. There is still a long way to go. It [the loss to Afghanistan] was disappointing in the moment, but at the end of the day, we have lost a game of cricket in a World Cup. Everyone is going to lose games and it’s one of those things we had to deal with quickly, understand that we didn’t perform well but move on, and understand we have a lot more cricket left to play,” Stokes added.
England World Cup squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
