Stokes didn't listen to me when I was captain: Joe Root

NEW DELHI: England skipper Ben Stokes enactment his assemblage connected the enactment to pb his squad to a thrilling 22-run triumph implicit India astatine Lord’s, according to teammate Joe Root. Stokes delivered a singular all-round performance, taking 5 wickets, scoring 77 runs, and effecting a important run-out of Rishabh Pant crossed 2 innings of relentless effort.Inspired by their skipper, England sealed triumph connected a melodramatic last time to instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the five-match series.

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What stood retired astir was the carnal toll Stokes endured—bowling a full of 44 overs, including demanding spells of 9.2 and 10 overs connected Day 5. It was the astir the 34-year-old had bowled successful much than six years, contempt suffering 2 superior hamstring injuries successful the past 12 months.Root, who captained England earlier Stokes, said helium was amazed by the all-rounder’s resilience and recalled however hard it was to halt him from overextending himself.

"You tin try, but it doesn't marque immoderate difference. I tried for 5 years," Root said."I mentioned it but helium doesn't ever perceive to me. He didn't perceive to maine erstwhile I was captain!

"That's his telephone now. It was an unthinkable effort to beryllium capable to bash that, but that's conscionable however he's built, I guess. He's conscionable hopeless to beryllium the antheral and marque things happen."It's a large motion for america moving forward, it truly is, due to the fact that that's backmost to his best.

He's got that mentality and that tendency to triumph games and we're fortunate to person him arsenic our leader."

During the archetypal innings, England caput manager Brendon McCullum adjacent sent a connection done bowling advisor Tim Southee asking Stokes to instrumentality a break. Root admitted helium excessively feared Stokes mightiness scope a breaking point, but present acknowledges that Stokes knows his assemblage best."I was conscionable panicking that helium wasn't going to marque it done the crippled aft a mates of atrocious injuries but helium intelligibly trusts his assemblage now," helium said."He knows what he's doing and he's got a bully grip connected wherever he's astatine physically."After the match, Stokes spoke astir his exhaustion, telling reporters helium was looking guardant to immoderate well-earned rest.He said, "I could not hold to conscionable prevarication connected my furniture for 4 days and past beryllium raring to spell for (next week’s 4th Test at) Manchester."The 4th Test astatine Old Trafford begins connected July 23.