Hadingley Test: Why Ben Stokes first chose to bowl in India – East -England Captain says. Cricket news
New Delhi: England captain Ben Stokes’s decision to bowl first in the initial test of the Anderson -Tendulkar Trophy against India raised eyebrows on a warm and sunshine day in Headingly, but former captain Michael Attarton believes that recently the vendors of the site and England’s strength were more directed than the weather or intuition.Live Score: India vs England, 1 Test Day 1“It was a really interesting call,” Athearton said on broadcast.“All numbers say Bowl – The last six wins have come here from the team bowling. But Cricketing Common Sense says it is a hot day, and it is 30 degrees in the next few days.”Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Stokes, who won the toss and immediately sent India to bat, seemed to rely on the recent history of Headingley in County Cricket, where the pitch has not deteriorated with time.
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“I think the Ben has finally gone with data, what the pitch has done here in Headingly this year – it has not deteriorated – and also England’s strength too: they don’t chase,” Atherton said.Meanwhile, India started the post-ROHIT era under its post-Kohli, new captain Shubman Gill, with debut to Sai Reformson and Karun Nair in the batting line-up.
Former India keeper Dinesh Karthik accepted the infection and noticed the abstract absence of Virat Kohli’s energy in the region.“When you are in a difficult situation, you can see Kohli and go, ‘he is going there’. This is something that India will remember,” said Karthik. “His infectious enthusiasm, his ability to lift the team – this is not easy to repeat.”
