Ben Stokes commended Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja after their batting show in an exhilarating forth Test in the current five-match series between England and India.
Remarkably, Sundar (101* off 206) and Jadeja (107* off 185) added 203 runs to the fifth wicket to save the game to the team.
Stokes praised the two for their ability to deliver under pressure.
“You got to give a heap load of credit for the way that Washington and Jadeja came in and played there and they were obviously under a lot of pressure. So, to put that partnership together like they did there, I’ve got to give them a lot of credit. Yeah, I think all the hard work was done by India. They both (Washington and Jadeja) played incredibly well,” stated Stokes during the post-match presentation.
Ben Stokes Says Wicket Became Easier to Bat on During Manchester Test
There was a remark by the English captain regarding how the pitch acted differently when the left handed duo got to the middle than when KL Rahul and Shubhan Gill came towards the middle without hurting the batting performance of the Indian team.
“I think as the game progressed, we’ve seen the wicket sort of got easier and easier to bat on. As the game got deeper and deeper, I mean, you look at how difficult it was for the right-handers on that wicket, particularly like this morning, the variable bounce. And then it just didn’t seem like there was that inconsistency of bounce to the left-handers.”
Ben Stokes
The performance of Ben Stokes in the competition was also stellar. He also won the Player of the Match plaque due to the all-round result (5/72 in 24 overs, 141 in 198 balls, 1/33 in 11 overs). The final game will start at The Oval on Thursday July 31.
