Legendary Australia cricketer Ian Chappell launched a scathing assault on Ben Stokes‘ captaincy after England had been crushed 4-1 within the just lately concluded five-match Test collection in opposition to India. England gained the primary Test match in Hyderabad however ended up dropping the subsequent 4 matches. Chappell cited the instance of the fourth Test match in Ranchi and stated that Stokes’ aggressive captaincy faltered in that state of affairs leading to India clinched the match somewhat simply and taking an unassailable lead.

“Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes have waged an intriguing captaincy battle in their Test series. However Stokes’ aggressive leadership faltered at a crucial time and India – well led by Rohit – claimed the series with a resounding victory in the fourth Test in Ranchi,” wrote Chappell in his column for ESPNCricinfo.

“On the third evening Stokes desperately needed to start India’s chase with his best two bowlers and try to claim at least one wicket. Incredibly, he gave the ball to a part-timer, Joe Root, and ignored the experienced, probing bowling of Jimmy Anderson. India took full advantage and scored an invaluable 40 runs off just eight overs.”

“Stokes missed a trick in Ranchi. He then compounded his error by allowing too many easy singles on the final day by resorting to some cautious field placings. At a time when Stokes needed to be extremely brave as captain and hope he got lucky, he was abnormally conservative,” he added.

Chappell defined that Stokes was not on top of things in his captaincy throughout a demanding chase and requested him to take inspiration from Pakistan legend Javed Miandad.

“India in all probability would nonetheless have gained however a minimum of by occurring the assault, Stokes would have given England their greatest likelihood of an upset victory. Stokes may enhance his captaincy in demanding chases if he took the instance of the management grasp in these conditions – Pakistan’s Javed Miandad.”

“Rohit proceeded to take full benefit of the tentative area placings with a considerate innings and India’s stable opening partnership helped seal victory,” Chappell concluded.