Ben Stokes Reacts To Ranchi Pitch Ahead Of Test: For the first time on the tour, after the completion of three Tests, we are likely to see a raging turner, one where the ball starts turning from the first hour of the game. Ben Stokes, the England captain, was shocked to see the surface in Ranchi two days out from the match, saying that he had never “seen something like that before.”
Ben Stokes Reacts To Ranchi Pitch Ahead Of Test
England won’t be surprised that India would offer a dry pitch that will assist their spinners heavily because Jasprit Bumrah, India’s best bowler in the first three Tests, has been rested from the fourth Test.
The pitches in the first three Tests were good, offering help for both pacers and spinners, while being good for batting for a significant portion. However, the surface in Ranchi would be spin-friendly and cracked, and it would be England’s first major challenge against the Indian tweakers.
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Very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks: Ben Stokes
The England captain expressed great shock at what he saw in the middle at the JSCA International Stadium Complex.
In order to Ben Stokes Reacts To Ranchi Pitch Ahead Of Test. Ben Stokes said on Wednesday, “It looked interesting, didn’t it? I don’t know. I can’t say much. I don’t know, I’ve never seen something like that before so I have got no idea,”
When asked how the pitch could play, the England skipper replied, “I don’t know what could happen. If you looked down one side of opposite ends it just looked different to what I am used to seeing, especially out in India. It looked green and grassy up in the changing-rooms, but then you go out there, it looked different. Very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks in it.”
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While some may fear that England could be rolled over by the Indian spinners on a turning pitch, vice-captain Ollie Pope sees the positive side of it. Pope, whose 196 in Hyderabad helped England record a memorable win, reckons if the pitch offers extreme turn, then their spinners are as much in the game as India’s.
Pope said, “If it does spin from ball one, I guess it’s an even playing field”.
As per the Ben Stokes Reacts To Ranchi Pitch Ahead Of 4th Test. England are set to make at least one change, could be two, with Ollie Robinson to replace Mark Wood. The other decision would be whether to include off-spinner Shoaib Bashir or all-rounder Dan Lawrence in place of James Anderson.
Jonny Bairstow’s lack of form on this tour might also be bugging Stokes and McCullum. Bairstow is averaging 17 after 6 innings, but the head coach earlier insisted they will be backing their number 5 batter to deliver soon.
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