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ECB has said that Stokes has taken the break to also rest his left index finger, "which has not fully healed since his return to competitive cricket earlier this month"

Opener Haseeb Hameed, whose last Test was against India in 2016, was also named in the squad.

Stokes to lead revised team against Pakistan

A repeat X-ray and CT scan revealed that the 29-year-old has a fracture in his left index finger, an injury that he picked up during the ongoing IPL

Rajasthan will be banking heavily on their swashbuckling all-rounder Ben Stokes

England did not throw it away like the opening game and capitalised on a flying start provided by Bairstow (124 off 112) and Jason Roy (55 off 52) to gun down the target in just 43.3 overs with six wickets in hand

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

India ended the session on 153/6 with Rishabh Pant (36) and Washington Sundar (1) in the middle.

Having failed with the bat in England's innings, Ben Stokes made matters worse by claiming a catch of Shubman Gill.

Ahead of the day/night Test here starting Wednesday, Stokes wondered how the newly-refurbished Motera strip would behave

Playing in his 100th Test, Root compiled his fifth double century on the second day of the opening Test against India here

India took reviews in the 108th and 109th overs but both of them were turned down.

Stokes, who took guard at the start of the second day's play after opener Dominic Sibley was dismissed in the last over of the first day

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 […]

Some of the Indian players and members of the support staff also landed in this southern city, airport sources said.

"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.