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England's Test captain Ben Stokes is out of the team these days due to injury. Stokes has been battling injury for a long time. Due to which Stokes could not even play IPL 2024. The ODI World Cup was played in India in the year 2023. The performance of the England team in this World Cup was very poor. Ben Stokes was also a part of the team for the tournament, but Stokes announced his retirement from ODI cricket after the World Cup. Apart from this, Stokes could not play in the T20 World Cup 2024 due to injury, but now this all-rounder has expressed his desire to play in the Champions Trophy 2025, which will be played in ODI format.
Stocks are waiting for a phone call
Due to poor fitness, Stokes has not been able to play cricket continuously for a long time. The injury also affected his performance. But now Stokes has decided to retire from ODI cricket and play in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. However, he is waiting for a call from someone special.
Revealed in an interview
Stokes gave an interview after the third ODI against Australia. In which Stokes said that I have played many ODIs for England. I am very happy with what I have achieved in this format. In such a situation, if somehow there is a plan to include me in the team and I get a call from Brendon McCullum asking me to come and play, then my answer will be yes.
Ben Stokes ODI career
Ben Stokes played 114 ODIs for England. Stokes scored 3463 runs while batting in 99 innings. In which he scored 5 centuries and 24 half-centuries. His best innings in ODI was 182 runs. Apart from this, Stokes took 74 wickets while bowling. In which his best performance was taking 5 wickets for 61 runs.
Rohit Sharma predicted
Ahead of the first Test against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma said, “Retirement has become a joke in world cricket these days. People announce retirement but then come back to play. That hasn't happened in India. However, I see players from other national teams announce their retirement but then take a U-turn so you never know if someone has actually retired or not.”
