Birmingham: England captain Ben Stokes says he knows what it takes to beat India but insists it is more important for him than winning a match as he is more interested in Test criyle of play. Trying to give it a new look.

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England team is seen in new form

England, looking in a new form under the guidance of Brendon McCullum and the aggressive captaincy of Ben Stokes, thrashed New Zealand 3-0 in their previous series at home a few days ago with a clean sweep. The Indian team is leading the series 2-1 and the all-rounder has shown confidence that they will level the series.

We want to win the match, Ben Stokes said on the eve of the fifth test

Ben Stokes said on the eve of the fifth Test, ‘We know for sure that we need to win this match to draw the series. But as you know I said at the end of last week that right now we are thinking bigger than the outcome, we are thinking bigger than what is happening on the field. We definitely want to win every match but it is more than that.

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We want people to enjoy the game

The match was postponed in September last year due to the arrival of Kovid-19 cases. “I think we have been able to reshape the kind of cricket we play in the last three weeks,” he said. Ben Stokes said, ‘We want people to enjoy the game by watching us play. I think people are enjoying playing us because they don’t know what is going to happen next but they know how we are going to play.

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Indian team is different from New Zealand

Ben Stokes does not agree that the Indian team is a step ahead of New Zealand. And says that a change in the rival team will not change his style of play. Ben Stokes said in a press conference held on the eve of the match at Edgbaston. We have recently defeated the best team in the world (New Zealand). The Indian team is definitely a completely different team, but we are focusing on ourselves.

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Ready to compete with Indian team

“We understand what we do well but we also see who we are playing against,” he said. But changing the opponent does not mean that we should change. “I wasn’t watching cricket last summer, I didn’t watch most of it (India-England match). But there is one thing with India that it was interesting to see the way Virat (Kohli) led the team in Tests. So I am ready to compete again.