Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli hailed England’s skipper Ben Stokes after his batting heroics in the second Test match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Sunday. Ben Stokes played a magnificent knock to keep England in the game, however, all his heroics went in vain as the team lost the game by 43 runs.
Stokes walked out to bat when his side lost four quick wickets and found themselves reeling at 45/4 while chasing the target of 371 runs. However, he kept calm and displayed some stunning shots.
He formed a brilliant 132-run partnership with Ben Duckett (83) but soon England lost the wickets of Duckett and Jonny Bairstow, the all-rounder accelerated his innings and started attacking the Australian bowlers to all the corners of the iconic Lords.
Ben Stokes reached his century in a stylish way by smashing three back-to-back sixes off Cameron Green, With this, Stokes became the first batter to hit three consecutive sixes in Test cricket, twice.
Stokes put the opposition under pressure with his batting prowess. He was dismissed after scoring 155 runs off 214 balls, smashing 9 fours and 9 sixes.
Virat Kohli Hailed Ben Stokes
Meanwhile, the star all-rounder has been receiving praise from all the corners. From cricketers and experts to fans, everyone is taking to social media to hail the efforts of the England captain. Among many, India’s batting maestro Virat Kohli also took to his social media and hailed Stokes with a special tweet.
In his Tweet, he reminded the fans of the time when he called Stokes the most ‘competitive bloke’. He wrote:
“I wasn’t joking about calling Ben Stokes the most competitive bloke I’ve played against. Innings of the highest quality but Australia is too good at the moment 👍”
Check out the Tweet:
I wasn’t joking about calling Ben Stokes the most competitive bloke I’ve played against. Innings of the highest quality but Australia is too good at the moment 👍
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 2, 2023
For the unversed, after Stokes announced his ODI retirement in 2022, Kohli hailed Stokes as the most competitive block he has ever played against. He wrote:
“You are the most competitive bloke I have ever played against”
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