Ben Stokes made a big record in the history of Ashes, became part of a special club with Rohit Sharma
Ben Stokes created history in Ashes 2023: In the Ashes series 2023 being played between England and Australia, the bat of English captain Ben Stokes has been seen speaking fiercely. In the last Test of the series, Stokes has done such a feat with his bat, which earlier no batsman had been able to do in this series. Where Stokes scored 405 runs at an average of 45 in this Test series. At the same time, 15 sixes were also seen from his bat.
Ben Stokes scored 42 runs in 67 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six during the second innings of the England team in the Oval Test match. Now he has become the first player to break Kevin Pietersen’s record of hitting most sixes in an Ashes series. Pietersen hit a total of 14 sixes during the 2005 Ashes series.
In the history of Test cricket, the record of hitting most sixes in a series is in the name of current Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Who hit a total of 19 sixes during the Test series against South Africa in the year 2019-20. At the same time, Shimran Hetmyer is at number two in this list with 15 sixes while Ben Stokes is now at number three with 15 sixes.
England’s position very strong in Oval Test
The last Test match of the Ashes 2023 series is being played at the Oval ground in London. So far, there have been many ups and downs in the game of 3 days. Host England had greatly strengthened its hold at the end of the third day. England had scored 389 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in their second innings and they now have a total lead of 377 runs. For England, Joe Root scored 91 and Johnny Bairstow also scored 78 runs.
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