England’s defence of their title in India has encountered important challenges, notably after a stunning loss to Afghanistan, which has left them with just one win.
Stokes, who can also be the Test crew captain, sustained a hip damage throughout England’s preparations for the event. However, he has given the inexperienced gentle for his return to motion in opposition to South Africa in Mumbai on Saturday.
Speaking earlier than a coaching session on the Wankhede Stadium that may double up as a remaining vigorous health take a look at, Stokes advised the BBC: “It was frustrating to pick up a minor injury just before the tournament, but I’ve put in a lot of hard work to get back to this point and make myself available for selection.
“We have had a number of days off because the final recreation and first coaching session right here in Mumbai. I’ll give it a superb push however, sure, I feel all the pieces is fairly good. I’m in a superb place.”
The powerful batsman played down the hype surrounding his return.
“I do know I’m one individual in a crew sport,” said the 32-year-old, who starred in the 2019 World Cup final.
“No one appears to be like to 1 individual on this crew to encourage them or something like that. It will not be the case that if I do are available in then abruptly we’re going to do nicely. It is simply a kind of issues that will get spoken about rather a lot however I do not learn an excessive amount of into it”.
“Everyone that walks out on to that discipline for England is a match winner and may do one thing individually that may win us a recreation. We simply have to tone it down a bit on me coming again in.”
(With AFP inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com