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England under the captaincy of Ben Stokes locked horns with Pakistan in the first of the three-match Test series. Both teams played this match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. The visitors won the toss and decided to bat first at the flat track of Pindi stadium.
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Till the fourth day of the match, everybody in the cricketing fraternity was expecting a draw but the three lions completely turned the tables on the last day and they posted a target of 343 runs. Subsequently, the English bowling attack bundled up Babar Azam’s men on the score of 268 runs and won the match by 74 runs.
Later on, the journalists went on to ask Ben Stokes about the reason for the early declaration to which he responded with a very fair and blunt approach.
"I've got no interest in trying to play for a draw, the dressing room has no interest in playing for a draw. Felt on this kind of wicket, almost had to entice the batsmen to play an attacking shot. Today we were fortunate to get the ball reverse-swinging," said Stokes.
Following these comments from Ben Stokes, fans didn’t take too long to recall the statement of Virat Kohli from 2015 when he conveyed almost the same message as Stokes said in the aftermath of the win against Pakistan. Cricket fans took to Twitter to hail the captaincy skills of both Kohli and Stokes.
Here’s how fans reacted:
🐐Test Captain said this in 2015 https://t.co/PhwrbUbWIj pic.twitter.com/CKlC7KiNiD
— Aditya (@Adityakrsaha) December 5, 2022
Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes - Test cricket owes a lot to these two.
— Kanav Bali🏏 (@Concussion__Sub) December 5, 2022
Aggressive captaincy supremacy..
— The Cricket Statistician (@CricketSatire) December 5, 2022
Kohli 🤝 Stokes#ENGvPAK #BazBall pic.twitter.com/pxtmIVDzhg
*In 2021 - India under Virat Kohli declared innings and bowled out ENG at The Lords within 60 overs on day 5 & won the test match.*
— Cheeku 2.0 (@God__Vk) December 5, 2022
*In 2022 - England under Ben Stokes declared & bowled out PAK in Rawalpindi on day 5 & won the test match.*
one of the greatest test captains pic.twitter.com/Hi9LXFfm5o
Ben stokes x Bazz 🤝🏻 Virat Kohli x Shastri
— Vansh Rajpoot (@VanshR26) December 5, 2022
Domination in red ball cricket.#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/iV9KLY9rTt
Ben Stokes 🤝 Kohli the greatest test captain of All Time
— Sudhanshu (@sud2rock) December 5, 2022
That’s how you turn a flat match into a win. What a guy.#PAKvsENG
Virat Kohli in 2014 - playing for a draw is a negative approach. We have to believe in winning the game.
— Krishna Ganapathi🇮🇳 (@KrisMrIT) December 5, 2022
Ben Stokes in 2022 - I've no interest in playing for a draw.
A Captain who was unceremoniously ousted! @BCCI
In search of gold we have lost a diamond! 😒
What Ben stokes done today, Virat Kohli already done it many times.#PAKvENG
— Flick of Wrist (@flickk_of_Wrist) December 5, 2022
Recently, Virat Kohli is in action with the Indian team during the ongoing series against Bangladesh. Although he couldn’t deliver up to the expectations in the first match against Bangladesh and went back to the pavilion only on the score of nine runs off 15 balls with one boundary.
The 34-year-old will be in action now during the second ODI against Bangladesh at the same venue of Sher-e-Bangla national stadium in Mirpur.