All-rounder Ben Stokes by no means thought-about quitting the World Cup early to expedite his deliberate knee surgical procedure, regardless of England’s upcoming Check tour to India in two-and-a-half months. “Going residence would have been “the simple means out,” he mentioned. Stokes introduced earlier than England’s 33-run defeat to Australia in Ahmedabad final week that he could have surgical procedure later this month to deal with the persistent left knee drawback that has pressured him to play as a specialist hitter because the starting of July. He anticipates that his rehabilitation will take between 5 and 7 weeks, leaving him with a brief turnaround earlier than his Check workforce’s January journey to India. The primary of 5 Exams kicks off on January 25 in Hyderabad.
Even after their elimination was sure, Stokes acknowledged that he wouldn’t contemplate returning residence earlier than England’s remaining two group video games.
“Simply because issues have not gone as we might wished, there have been by no means any ideas about leaving early, taking the simple means out. We got here right here as a part of a workforce and we are going to go away right here as one,” Stokes was quoted as saying ESPNcricinfo.
England captain Jos Buttler acknowledged that there was no dialogue about Stokes leaving the squad.
“It is not his type in any respect: he is right here to play within the World Cup. He needs to be right here and it is vital for us to attempt to qualify for that Champions Trophy. He needs to ensure we attempt to obtain that,” he added.
On Wednesday night, Stokes slammed 108 off 84 balls towards the Netherlands in Pune, placing them eighth within the group stage and shifting into the final spherical of matches. It was his first World Cup century in what’s going to almost certainly be his closing World Cup look.
After lacking England’s first three World Cup video games resulting from a hip harm obtained whereas performing lunges in a resort fitness center in Guwahati, Stokes acknowledged that his bodily health improved all through the event.
“I’ve used the time between video games to present myself a greater alternative [of recovering well] after the surgical procedure. All of the work within the fitness center does not evaluate to what you undergo on the market [on the pitch]. I am trying ahead to getting it sorted and never having to fret like I’ve these previous 18 months. From a bodily standpoint, I am higher off than once I first obtained out right here. However bodily health and cricket health are two various things,” he mentioned.
The 2019 champions will tackle Pakistan of their final match of the continued ICC World Cup 2023 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
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