Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh hint Team India lacks a match-winner like Ben Stokes

Pathan and Yuvraj praised each other while talking about Indian cricket on Twitter.

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Cricket world is seeing a new superstar rising as England's Ben Stokes is delivering in every aspect of the game. The world's new No 1 all-rounder is only getting better with every game and we saw a glimpse of it the ongoing #RaiseTheBat series.

In the second Test against West Indies, Stokes picked three wickets in the match and scored 176 and 78* in two innings.

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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan praised Stokes for his outstanding performance and said Indian cricket needs someone like him. "Indian cricket will be unbeatable anywhere in the world if they have a match-winning all-rounder like @benstokes38 #matchwinner."

Yuvraj Singh, the major contributor with bat and ball in World Cup 2011 win, made a cheeky comment on Irfan's post. He explained Pathan's tweet and replied, "Are you saying we don’t have an all-rounder who’s a match-winner?".

Pathan responded with an appreciation for his former teammate and Yuvraj responded in the same manner as they ended the conversation.

 

 
 

By - 22 Jul, 2020

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