ICC World Cup 2023: Ben Stokes more likely to miss WC conflict in opposition to Bangladesh

England’s allrounder Ben Stokes is unlikely to seem within the workforce’s second ODI World Cup match in opposition to Bangladesh in Dharamsala on Tuesday.

Stokes had a quick hit within the nets on Sunday and did some operating. However, he didn’t seem 100 per cent match. A hip niggle stored England’s Test captain out of the World Cup opener in opposition to New Zealand, which the workforce misplaced by 9 wickets.

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Stokes, who was the Player of the Match within the 2019 closing, got here out of ODI retirement in August this yr regardless of a long-standing knee damage. He didn’t play in England’s warm-up recreation in opposition to Bangladesh in Guwahati.

Meanwhile, throughout a scheduled go to, Chris Tetley, ICC’s head of occasions, and pitch advisor Andy Atkinson inspected the outfield on Sunday. “The ICC independent pitch consultant has taken a look at the outfield today and is comfortable with the conditions,” mentioned a spokesperson.

The outfield situations in the course of the Bangladesh vs Afghanistan match raised security issues. Several gamers from each side misplaced their footing within the deep, with Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman fortunately avoiding a critical knee damage whereas fielding.