Ben Stokes Brilliantly Sums Up MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming’s CSK Bond | Cricket News

England Test skipper Ben Stokes opened up about his expertise with Chennai Super Kings and the connection that franchise captain MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming share. Stokes was introduced in by CSK for Rs 16.25 crore, and performed solely two matches, scoring 15 runs with one of the best rating of eight runs. He couldn’t get any wickets. The all-rounder missed the vast majority of the season as a consequence of health points. The 32-year-old talked about his time with the franchise and the connection he noticed Dhoni and Fleming had. “You say we ended up successful, that is how I obtained the TFC Award, the ‘Thanks For Coming’ award. Obviously, it did not fairly go how I needed it to with the damage and stuff like that. But simply being a part of an unbelievable franchise like Chennai. I’ve labored with Fleming and MS earlier than after I was taking part in in Pune.

“think how MS and Fleming complemented each other was something to behold. The trust that they have in the decisions they make, one as a coach and one as a captain. MS has the emotion of being out in the game, whereas sometimes when you’re sitting on the sideline, you don’t have that emotion,” Stokes stated on Jio Cinema

“I think they both have an incredible understanding of that. But one thing me and Baz always try to do, and what MS and Flem do is whatever decision they make around selection or whatever decision they have to make very quickly, it’s always based around what’s best for the team. That’s something me and Baz always try and live by when we make decisions,” he added.

Stokes participated within the ODI World Cup 2023, which he got here out of retirement for. He performed six matches within the match, scoring 304 runs at a median of fifty.66 and a strike charge of above 89, with one century and two half-centuries. His greatest rating was 108. Though his facet completed seventh within the match and did not defend the title, they secured a spot within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 to be held in Pakistan.

He lately led England to a 28-run Test win on India soil. Ollie Pope’s 196 and Tom Hartley’s spell of 7-62 impressed the guests to a well-known victory.

Both groups will face off towards one another on February 2 on the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.