The incident occurred in the fourth over, when Stokes was found to have applying saliva on the ball and promptly the on-field umpires Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma warned skipper Jos Buttler
"Players are totally committed to England and I think that was emphasised last week when a few of us went down with illness that made operating in 41 degree heat particularly taxing," Stokes said
England dominated the first two sessions and India looked in all sorts of trouble before Pant (101 off 118 balls) suddenly decided to catch the opposition by the scruff of their necks
Chennai: Premier all-rounder Ben Stokes, pacer Jofra Archer and reserve opener Rory Burns on Saturday had their first training session at the Chepauk after successfully completing six days of hard quarantine, while other members of the squad cleared their second Covid-19 test. The trio were not a part of the Sri Lanka Test series with […]
"In different places now me and you Ged but knowing you'll always have this smile on your face make's me smile every time I think of you love you forever and always," Stokes wrote in an Instagram post.
Ben Stokes smashed a quickfire half-century inside the powerplay to set up the chase. With this loss, three teams - RR, KKR and KXIP - are on 12 points making it an interesting race for the playoffs.
Rajasthan rode on a blistering 107 by Stokes and an equally aggressive 54 by Sanju Samson to overhaul a 196-run target set by defending champions Mumbai Indians with 10 balls to spare on Sunday.
The Capitals had beaten RR by 46 runs last week and Steve Smith's men will look to return the compliment when they meet for the second time in the tournament