England vs India: Time for Jacob Bethell over Ollie Pope? Challenges for ‘under pressure’ Ben Stokes ahead of third Test | Cricket News
Should Jacob Bethell replace Ollie Pope at N ° 3 for England? And is Ben Stokes under pressure after the strong defeat of England against India in the second test? Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain organized a special cricket Sky Sports podcast, live from Lord’s, to discuss.
Bethell was the out -of -competition omission on the side of Stokes through the first two tests, with many praising the young striker like a star for the future who deserved a place in the side.
England chose to stick to the Pope and, while he was a pressure player before the series, he resisted criticism in his first sleeves of the first test, hitting a 106 solid points.
However, Pope scored only eight points in the second round in Headingley, then in Edgbaston underwent a golden duck in the first rounds before scoring 24 points in the second while England fell to a 336 -point defeat during the second test.
On the podcast Sky Sports Cricket, Karthik said he thought that Bethell would offer flexibility in England in their range of strikers as he was doing for the Royal Challengers of IPL Bangalore, for whom Karthik is a striker, and thinks he is the next star who will emerge for England after Harry Brook.
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Akash Deep claims that his first two counters of the day while Ollie Pope and Harry Brook were both overthrown on the five day of the second test
“I am a little biased, I would choose him (Bethell), I would beat him at n ° 3,” said Karthik.
“At this point, I took him in front of Ollie Pope, but if you are a coach of England, Pope obtained a 100 in the previous match.
“But if you look, it will be very interesting to see where Bethell and Pope end because I think, with Harry Brook, I think Bethell is the big one to watch.
“Bethell, you can almost beat him from n ° 3 to n ° 7, he is ready.
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Take a look at the best blows of the brilliant 82 of Jacob Bethell against the Antilles.
“In the IPL, we chose it in such a way that it has the flexibility to open, to beat three, or even in the middle of the order.
“What I really liked at home is his ability to absorb information and quickly transfer it to his game.
“Very young, very hungry, and above all, he is extremely devoted to sport.
“It is resolved and wants to do in life and become the best – if you have that as a goal, you can’t go wrong.”
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Protruding facts of the century of Ollie Pope on his return to test the cricket against India
Pressure Stokes? The other captain gets races!
The captain of India, Shubman Gill, entered the second test in Edgbaston in the face of questions while he was standing with the decision to rest the star Melon Jasprit Bumrah despite the fact that his team was 1-0 in the five test series.
However, Gill then made sure to deliver, marking 269 in the first round and 161 in the second, to help his team in their first victory at Edgbaston.
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Shubman Gill reaches 100 in second rounds for India against England on Day 4 of the second test in Edgbaston
Hussain believes that this firmly puts pressure on Stokes while the England captain must now not only make decisions off scope, but also start shopping for his side.
“I think Ben Stokes has tactics, the emotional intelligence he shows with new young players like Shoaib Bashir, he puts his arm around them,” said Hussain Podcast Sky Sports Cricket.
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The captain of England Ben Stokes was rabid by a controversy of the DRS, a few moments before his team took his first window on day 3 of the second test between England and India
“England players love to play for Ben Stokes but it is also difficult. I made the documentary for Sky and I spoke to Jurgen Klopp and I asked what it was, and he said that it was their friend but not to be their best friend.
“I think Stokes has this. He is their friend in this locker room, but if you cross Stokes and you do not do what you ask to do, you will not be very long on this side.
“You have the impression that India has maneuvered him well. People criticized that they left Jasprit Bumrah and how they were going to take 20 counters without Bumrah – Well they did it on a very flat terrain at Edgbaston.
“Now they have their Trump card which arrives on a field (Lord’s) on which he has knocked well before and a land where he wants to put himself in the honorary commission after two weeks of rest.
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The captain of England Ben Stokes shares his disappointment while his team fell to a strong defeat against India because things are now level 1-1 in the series
“England must come with tired quisors or, if they leave their tired quisors, they must come with two quisors who have not recently played in Gus Atkinson or have not played a test match for four years in Jofra Archer.
“Stokes’ fatigue comes not only with the field but the off scope. This is the thing with the leadership on one side of the test that you should never underestimate.
“This is why Shubman Gill, with all the questions on Bumrah for Edgbaston, everything would have finished at his door.
“For him to go out and beat as he did in this test match was excellent.
“Now Stokes must do all this thought and must obtain a few races, let’s be honest.
“The opposition captain obtains a hangar of runs and the stoked races have fallen. So he is a little pressure.”
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