Ben Stokes Not Available for T20 Blast Quater-final with a Knee Injury
Published - 22 Aug 2018, 08:28 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 02:01 AM
England all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the T20 Blast quarter-final with a slight niggle on his left knee, he suffered during the third Test against India at Trent Bridge.
Meanwhile, Stokes represents Durham Jets in the T20 Blast tournament. This will be a massive blow for the side as the England all-rounder has been in good form recently. He replaced Sam Curran in Trent Bridge and immediately made a mark despite suffering a humiliating defeat.
India did a 360-degree turnaround to display a brilliant brand of cricket. Especially the batsmen put in a much-improved effort to put runs into the scoreboard. Skipper Virat Kohli once again led from the front backing his first innings score of 97 with an excellent century in the second essay.
Another notable mention was Hardik Pandya, who backed his outstanding spell with a half-century with the bat. However, it was Jasprit Bumrah, who returned from injury with a five-wicket haul. He was magical in the last session of day four as he brought almost on the verge of winning.
Ravichandran Ashwin finished off the proceeding on the morning session of day five with Kohli bagging the player of the match award.
Ben Stokes to miss T20 Blast quarter-final
Stokes, who played a crucial hand along with Jos Buttler in the second essay will miss the game for Durham Jets. Stokes looked good with the bat in the second innings scoring 62 runs. He would have certainly boosted Durham???s confidence in the knockout clash.
However, he sustained a knee injury and will be nursing his injury to be ahead of the fourth Test. The penultimate Test of the series starts on August 30 at Southampton.
Durham took to Twitter from their official handle to announce the news.
???Ben Stokes has not been made available for Friday???s @VitalityBlast quarter-final He has a left knee niggle but should be fit enough for the fourth Test,??? the tweet read.
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Meanwhile, Durham Jets will play the quarter-final against the Susses Sharks on August 24 (Friday) at Emirates, Riverside. Durham in the group league have played 14 matches and have nine out of them. They finished at the second spot in the North Group and will be keen to beat Sussex and progress in the semifinal.
