England captain Ben Stokes on Thursday said that he does not think the Indian team has not weakened due to the absence of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin as it has a storehouse of talent to fulfill this deficiency. The Indian team going through the era of Badlav will launch a series of five Test matches against England with the first Test starting here on Friday. This will be the first match of the Indian team under the captaincy of Shubman Gill after the retirement of Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin.
Stokes said in a press conference on the eve of the first Test, “A lot is being said that there is no Virat, not Rohit and Ashwin is not there but it does not mean that it will be an easy match against India. Indian cricket has a storehouse of talent. “He said,” Virat, Rohit and Ashwin have performed brilliantly for the country but this does not mean that it will be easy to bat or bowl in front of the players who have replaced them.
Stokes said, “We have spent a lot of time in the IPL and we know that there is no shortage of talent in India. All three are very big names who have performed brilliantly for the country but the challenge will not be easy due to their absence. ”He said that it will be very challenging for the England batsmen to face Jaspreet Bumrah but his team will not focus on a player.
He said, “Bumrah will lead his attack and he is a great player but there are 11 players in the team and the team has to play well to win in cricket.” Stokes said, “But we know that Bumrah is a great bowler. His record proves that he performs well everywhere. It will be challenging to play him but every bowler of India is going to be challenging. We will not focus on a player. ”
He also said that it was not difficult for him to prefer Oli Pope on Jacob Bethel for the third number as he scored 171 runs in the last Test. He said, “It is not difficult to choose a player who has scored 170 runs in the last innings.” Ever since I am captain, he has scored at an average of more than 40 while batting at number three.(Language)
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