IND vs ENG Test: 'It ended up...' - Ben Stokes blames Edgbaston pitch

England skipper Ben Stokes connected Sunday blamed the Edgbaston aboveground for his team’s 337-run nonaccomplishment successful the 2nd Test against India successful the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. India defeated England by 337 runs to level the five-match Test bid 1-1.

The 3rd Test betwixt the 2 sides volition beryllium played astatine Lord’s, starting connected July 10.“To beryllium honest, it astir apt ended up being much of a subcontinent transportation arsenic we got deeper and deeper into the game,” Stokes told the BBC.

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“There was surely a small spot successful it to commencement disconnected with. I deliberation we exposed that very, precise good aboriginal on. But past conscionable arsenic it got deeper and deeper, it became a existent pugnacious slog for us.“Obviously with the Indian onslaught successful the conditions they are utilized to, they knew benignant of however to exposure those conditions amended than us.

And that tin hap sometimes. It’s thing to beryllium excessively disheartened about, you know. We tin instrumentality being out-skilled.”

At the post-match presentation, Stokes pointed towards 2 situations wherever England mislaid the match, arsenic they conceded a immense 180-run pb to India and allowed their batters, including skipper Shubman Gill, to marque gigantic scores.

“Two moments — having them 200-5 and not being capable to burst them unfastened aft a bully commencement with the ball.

And being 80-5. It was going to beryllium pugnacious to scrape it backmost from there. You look backmost astatine 200-5 — if we were capable to burst them unfastened quicker, things could person been different,” helium said.Asked if he’s acrophobic astir England’s bowlers struggling to occurrence collectively, Stokes stated, “I wouldn’t accidental it’s a concern. We ran in, we tried everything, we changed plans, but erstwhile a team’s connected apical of you — and India are a people squad — it’s hard to alteration the momentum. Shubman Gill had an unbelievable performance.”