The England cricket team has won the title of champion in the recently concluded T20 World Cup series. With that, the team holds the ODI and T20 World Cup at the same time. One of the players who is fully responsible for that is all-rounder Ben Stokes.
The 31-year-old announced his retirement from ODI cricket last July. In this context, there is a request from the England Cricket Board, coach, ex-player etc. to reconsider the ODI retirement decision as their team needs such a match winner.
Which team would want to miss out on a player who can shine as a match-winner in major tournaments like the 2019 ODI World Cup final and the final of the ongoing T20 World Cup series. In addition, the ODI World Cup series will be held next year. Keeping that in mind, this request has been made.
“Ben Stokes can you play in the ODI World Cup series next year? I am asking this for the country,” said former England captain Michael Vaughan in a tweet.
It is noteworthy that Stokes had said during the one-day cricket break that he could not give 100 percent in this format.
“When he told me about retirement from ODI cricket, I used to say the word ‘retirement’ to him. He took that decision voluntarily. Here begins the 50-over World Cup year. At this stage we are not going to play much T20 cricket. So he can reconsider his decision,” England coach Matthew Mott said.
Earlier, it was Stokes who made his comeback to the field by saying that he would take an indefinite break from cricket.