Ben stokes' more involvement in IPL 2018.If England are sweating about their decision on the availability of Ben Stokes and their team composition for the Ashes down under, it is with good reason. Their present historychasing all rounder has a story uncannily beginning to resemble that of another great all rounder-in-the-making whose career was cut short ultimately by injury. Still a standing a top position in Rajasthan royals 2018.
Ben Stokes has made matters rather difficult behind the closed doors at the England and Wales Cricket Board. England's team director, Andrew Strauss, had no light to throw on Stokes' immediate future with England's squad headed down under for the Ashes, after the all rounder's infamous run-in with the law after the third one day international against the West Indies and a late hour street brawl that saw him physically punch a man to the concrete pavement below.
If England's Ashes campaign feels like it has been shot in the foot even before it has begun, it is only because Ben Stokes, at age twenty-six, looks much like the game changer Andrew Flintoff was for England on that famous Ashes victory on home soil in 2005. As England unraveled rudderless subsequently thereafter, the prodigious all rounder, likened to being the heir to Sir Ian Botham as England’s greatest all rounder, ignominiously lost his position as the team’s vice captain after he was found on a pedalo after a drinking-binging episode during the ICC Cricket World in 2007. Form, behaviour and ultimately injuries cut short Flintoff’s blooming career as a numbers chaser. And after showing concern causing aggressive tactics, particularly on field, Ben Stokes has unfortunately now earned himself a place on the list of players who have had to suffer displacement in their career as a result of boorish, unbecoming behavior under the influence of alcohol. Although the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) immediately suspended Stokes and Hales pending police investigation, England may have to hold themselves accountable if they have allowed another potential to slip through their fingers. He is the top most bought player in IPL auction 2018
Stokes, who more recently played a pivotal role for England in the ICC Champions Trophy in June and featured prominently in the recently concluded home series against the West Indies, playing a crucial role with both bat and ball as a genuine proficient in either skill sets – making his way at Lord’s with both, a century and a five-for, now stands in danger of being similarly stripped of the vice captaincy and leadership like another talented but underachieving all rounder centering around issues of behaviour, aggression, commitment and propensity to binge drink. To add injury to insult instead of the other way round, Stokes has reportedly sustained a minor fracture to his hand in the course of the incident, making his recuperation as vital for England’s cause as his rehabilitation back into the England team. It is no wonder, England have that sinking feeling once more.
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