{"id":4985,"date":"2024-02-22T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2024-02-22T07:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:42:44","slug":"ben-stokes-clueless-about-ranchi-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/ben-stokes-clueless-about-ranchi-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes clueless about Ranchi pitch for India vs England 4th Test: \u2018I\u2019ve never seen anything like this’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ben Stokes described the Ranchi pitch for the India vs England fourth Test as something he has never seen. So he doesn’t know how it will play.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ranchi pitch has got the England camp thinking. Captain Ben Stokes and vice-captain Ollie Pope both shared similar views about the 22 yards for the India vs England fourth Test. It is set to turn but how quickly and how much are the big questions in the visitors’ minds. The pitches in this series have been anything but rank turners. Hyderabad offered the most to the spinners but it was by no means unplayable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India were quick to realise that pitches offering excessive turn will only bring the inexperienced England spinners into play. After a defeat in the first Test, the pitches in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot were much better for batting and it started to break as the match progressed, bringing India’s spinners into the game. The results followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India won the second Test by 106 runs and then registered their biggest-ever Test win (in terms of runs) when they pummeled England by 434 runs<\/a> in the third Test in Rajkot to take a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be fair to England. They have done their best to steer away from the discussion around pitches during this series. But with Jasprit Bumrah not around for the all-important fourth fixture, it was almost a given that the hosts would change their stance. And if Stokes’ observation is to be believed, they already have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n