Ben Stokes says England will keep aggressive method towards India: Looking ahead to fifth Test

England will attempt to “operate in the same way” as they’ve within the New Zealand collection within the rearranged fifth Test towards India, says captain Ben Stokes.

Ben Stokes says England will keep aggressive method towards India (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSBen Stokes says England will keep aggressive method towards IndiaIndia are 2-1 up within the ongoing Test collection towards EnglandStokes stated that his aspect needs to reshape Test cricket

England Test captain Ben Stokes has issued a warning to the Indian aspect forward of the rescheduled fifth Test, saying that his aspect will keep their aggressive method once they tackle Jasprit Bumrah’s aspect in Edgbaston. India are 2-1 up within the collection, which couldn’t be accomplished final yr due to COVID-19 circumstances within the India camp forward of the ultimate match at Old Trafford.

“Well, we just beat the best team in the world 3-0, India are obviously a completely different opposition, different dynamic of a team but we are concentrating on ourselves, we understand what we do well but we have also taken into account who we are playing against. Just because the opposition changes does not mean we change,” Stokes stated throughout a press convention.

“To be honest, I was not even watching cricket last summer, I did not watch most of it (India-England Tests last summer). But the thing with India is, the way Virat led India in Tests was something to watch. So yeah, looking forward to the contest again,” he added.

When requested whether or not his aspect can play a extra attacking model of cricket than what was on supply towards New Zealand, Stokes stated: “If there’s a team that can, it’s us.”

Stokes additionally stated that his aspect needs to reshape Test cricket and desires to make sure that the viewers come to observe them play.

“We still obviously know that we need to win this game to draw the series. But you know as I said at the end of last week that, at the moment it is bigger than results, it is bigger than you know, what happens on the field, there is more to it. We obviously want to win every game we play but it is bigger than that,” stated Stokes.

“I think what we managed to do over the last three weeks is just reshape Test cricket with the way we played. We want people to enjoy us watching play. I think people are enjoying watching us play because they do not know what they are going to get, because they do not know how it is going to turn out but they know how we are going to play. I have sort of likened it to the ODI thing we started after the 2015 World Cup, everybody wanted to watch us play,” he added.