Ben Stokes is poised become the 16th England player to hit 100 Test caps while India may make up to four changes in Rajkot
England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome: the walls of the team hotel are plastered with posters of their recent feats under Ben Stokes. One reads “Let’s unfold victory!” – a kind of reverse origami that, if achieved in the captain’s 100th Test, would secure a 2-1 lead over India with two to play.
Then there is the fact that one of their 30-strong touring party, Rehan Ahmed, could easily have been turned away at the nearly built Rajkot Airport on Monday evening. Returning from the team’s mid-tour break in Abu Dhabi, the leg-spinner unwittingly hit the tarmac with a single-entry visa that had expired by virtue of having left the country.
Written by Ali Martin in Rajkot
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/13/destiny-calls-for-ben-stokes-but-india-are-favourites-for-third-test-in-rajkot under the title “Destiny calls for Ben Stokes but India are favourites for third Test in Rajkot | Ali Martin”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
