Virat Kohli impressed by Ben Stokes: Australia beat England by 43 runs in the second Test of the Ashes series. In the fifth day’s play of this match, England captain Ben Stokes surprised everyone by creating a ruckus with the bat.
He played a century of 155 runs facing 214 balls. Even though his innings could not win England, but he definitely won the hearts of the fans.
Virat Kohli praised the stormy innings of Ben Stokes :-
In fact, former Team India captain Virat Kohli praised the brilliant innings of England captain Ben Stokes and said that Stokes is the most competitive player he has played against. Despite Stokes’ blazing innings of 155, England were defeated by Australia in the second Test by 43 runs.
I wasn’t joking about calling Ben Stokes the most competitive bloke I’ve played against. Innings of the highest quality but Australia is too good at the moment 👍
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 2, 2023
Ben Stokes made many records by scoring a century :-
Let us tell you that Ben Stokes tried his best to win the team by wreaking havoc with the bat in the fifth day of the second innings. He played a fiery inning of 155 runs, but could not win the team. This century is the first century by an English captain at Lord’s after 2009.
Apart from this, he became the fifth batsman to score the highest individual score for England in the fourth innings. The most runs in the fourth innings for England is in the name of Bill Edrich, who scored 219 against South Africa in 1938/39.
