Ben Stokes set a new record in the Manchester Test match. (Photo-Clive Mason/Getty Images)
England captain Ben Stokes remains the biggest headache for Team India. In the Manchester Test match, he destroyed the Indian batting completely and broke the 42-year-old record. Stokes stopped the visiting team for 358 runs with 5 wickets in the first innings of Team India in the fourth Test match. Ben Stokes has taken five wickets in a Test match after 8 years. While he has done this feat for the first time as a captain. In this series, the English captain is bowling very well and has taken 16 wickets so far.
Ben Stokes created history
Ben Stokes has created history in the fourth Test match being played at Old Trafford, Manchester. He has broken the 42 -year -old record with 5 wickets in the first innings of Team India. He bowled 24 overs in this Test match. During this, he took 5 wickets for 72 runs. He made captain Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar and Anshul Kamboj their victims.
Ben stokes. Five wickets. World class.
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Ben Stokes broke 42 years
With this, he became the first such Test captain of England, who dismissed at least five batsmen in an innings on England soil. Stokes set a record of taking 5 wickets at home after 42 years. Earlier, former England captain Bob Willis took 5 wickets against New Zealand in Leeds in 1983. In the last 42 years, only one English Test captain Joe Root took five wickets in the Test. He took 5 wickets against Team India in Ahmedabad in February 2021. Along with this, Ben Stokes has done this feat after 8 years.
Five wickets were last taken against West Indies
Ben Stokes had earlier taken 5 wickets against the West Indies in 2017. Stokes has done the feat of taking five wickets hall 5 times so far. Stokes has taken 16 wickets in this series so far. With this, he has become the highest wicket -taking bowler in this series. Ben Stokes made his Test debut in 2013. So far, he has taken 229 wickets in 115 matches. During this, he has also scored 6891 runs. This includes 13 centuries and 35 half -centuries.
