New Delhi: The decision of the captain of England Ben Stokes to make unrelarge first in the opening test of the Anderson – Tenteulkar trophy against India has raised the eyebrows by a hot and sunny day in Headingley, but the old skipper Michael Atherton believes that the call was more guided by the tendencies of the recent sites and the force of England in prosecution weather or intuition.Live score: India vs England, 1st day 1 test 1“It was a really interesting call,” said Atherton when broadcasting.“All the figures say Bowl – the last six victories here came from the team’s bowling alley first. But the common sense of cricket says it’s a hot day, and it is 30 degrees in the coming days.”Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Stokes, which won the draw and immediately sent India to Bat, seemed to count on the recent history of Headingley in the County cricket, where the land was not considerably deteriorated over time.
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“I think that at the end of Ben has opted for the statistics, which the terrain did here in Headingley this year – it has not deteriorated – and also the force of England: that does not care about a prosecution,” added Atherton.India, on the other hand, began their post-Kohli era, after the new captain Shubman Gill, with the beginner Sai Sudharsan and the return of Karun Nair in the programming of the striker.
The former goalkeeper of India, Dinesh Karthik, recognized the transition and noted the intangible absence of the energy of Virat Kohli on the ground.“When you are in a difficult situation, you can watch Kohli and leave,” it’s going to be there. ”This is something that will lack,” Karthik said. “His contagious enthusiasm, his ability to raise the team – is not easy to reproduce.”