Ben Stokes has encouraged his England teammates to play more aggressively after their 69-run defeat to Afghanistan in Delhi on Sunday night, ahead of their first appearance of the tournament against South Africa in Mumbai this weekend. All set to enter.

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Stokes missed England’s first three World Cup matches due to a hip complaint

Stokes missed England’s first three World Cup matches due to a hip complaint. And he noticed that his teammates were facing heavy defeats against New Zealand and Afghanistan. Those defeats – which included a win over Bangladesh – have put their semi-final chances in jeopardy and they will need five wins from their six remaining league games to remain in competition for the knockout stage.

Their head coach Matthew Mott said on Tuesday

“We’ve obviously been relatively conservative with them, but the medical staff have always been confident that South Africa is a game we can target.” “I don’t have any reports about him in the last 24 hours, but before that, he was on target.

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Butler addressed his players only briefly after completing his media duties following Sunday’s loss.

Mott said he did not doubt England’s effort or commitment, but told his players that they appeared to be lacking confidence

The boys are working really hard

“The boys are working really hard, but the two things we are probably missing is confidence,” he said on Tuesday.

“We pride ourselves on putting the opposition under pressure, and on reflection, we have been a reactive team in those two games. We really need to change this quickly.”