He had three brain fades in 10 minutes, devaluing his Test wicket: Pietersen on Stokes’ dismissal

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English
captain
Ben
Stokes
and
his
fellow
teammate
Jonny
Bairstow
batted
aggressively
in
the
three-Test
series
against
New
Zealand
and
were
lauded
for
their
performance
and
everyone
believes
they’ll
continue
this
approach
going
forward.

In
the
fifth
and
final
Test
against
India
which
is
being
played
at
Birmingham
and
England
captain
Stokes
elected
to
chase

showing
the
positive
brand
of
cricket
they
are
going
to
play
in
the
high-stakes
encounter.

In
the
first
innings
against
India,
Stokes,
however,
failed
to
score
a
big
total
and
was
dismissed
while
trying
to
attack.
The
left-handed
batter
walked
into
the
middle
when
his
team
was
on
the
backfoot
and
along
with
Bairstow,
he
shared
a
66-run
stand
before
getting
dismissed.

Stokes
was
lucky
to
survive
a
couple
of
times
as
Shardul
Thakur
and
Jasprit
Bumrah
dropped
sitters
and
got
a
reprieve
but
he
continued
to
play
aggressively.
Bumrah
had
put
him
down
at
long-on
on
the
previous
delivery
but
the
Indian
captain
took
a
brilliant
catch
off
Shardul
Thakur’s
ball
and
ended
his
stay.
Stokes
thus
departed
for
25
and
left
his
team
in
the
lurch.

But
the
way
he
was
dismissed
left
former
England
captain
Kevin
Pietersen
angry.
Criticising
his
shot
selection
as
reckless,
Pietersen
said
on
Sky
Sports,
“I
was
watching
Stokes
run
down
the
wicket
and
slog
the
ball
straight
into
the
air.
It
was
reckless
batting;
it
was
not
defending
your
wicket.”

Pietersen
added
further,
“Test
match
hundreds
are
valuable
commodities,
they
mean
a
hell
of
a
lot
because
of
the
stress,
tension,
patience
and
discipline.
He
had
three
brain
fades
in
10
minutes.
That
devaluing
of
his
Test
wicket
may
not
be
a
good
thing.
He
is
too
good
a
player
to
do
this.”

kevin pietersen

“It’s
a
new
approach
and
entertaining,
for
sure.
Stokes
has
been
talking
about
that
aggressive
nature
and
the
way
he
believes
Test
cricket
needs
to
be
played
in
this
era.
But
Bairstow
is
playing
with
control.
He
is
calm,
and
composed,
is
standing
still,
and
playing
the
ball
as
he
sees
it.
He
is
not
running
down
the
wicket,
he
is
being
calculated.
There
is
no
slogging
at
all,
he
is
playing
fabulously.”

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