With barely a few months left for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, England's white-ball coach Matthew Mott cleared air about participation of Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in the tournament.

Both Archer and Stokes are recovering from their respective injuries. Jofra Archer has been out of commission since IPL 2023 when his elbow injury reoccurred and since then he has slowly making his way back.

Ben Stokes underwent a knee surgery to correct an issue he as carrying since home series against New Zealand. He aims to be fit in time for the five-Test series in India next year. Both Archer and Stokes have pulled out of IPL 2024 as part of workload management.

Matthew Mott spoke about both cricketers and weighed in on their chances of making it to the T20 World Cup squad. The England white-ball coach hailed Stokes as a rare talent and said having a seam bowler like him in the top six makes things a lot easier and the all-rounder being selected for the ICC event is a given.

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"Every team in the world wants someone like that [Stokes] and they're rare. A lot of the times you have to give up something. If you win, everyone says 'oh, they got it right'. If you lose, it's 'they were a bowler short or a spinner short. When you've got a seam bowler in your top six, it makes selection a hell of a lot easier. So [choosing him at the T20 World Cup] is a given,” he told BBC.

Mott talked about Archer and said that having a 'box-office' pacer like him would be massive for the team.

"In terms of Jofra, you've just got absolute box-office pace, change of pace, bowl any over in the innings. Him on the park is massive, everyone would agree with that," said Mott.

England are the defending champions of T20 World Cup and Ben Stokes had played a huge role in them winning the final against Pakistan.