Who deserves credit for England's world cup victory?
England became the world champion for the second time by defeating pakistan in the final of the t20 world cup 2022. Earlier in 2010, they won the t20 world cup by defeating Australia. With this big win, england has proved why this time every team was afraid of him and was avoiding playing. The hero of England's victory in the world cup was ben stokes, who won the 50-over world cup in 2019.
Cricket lovers will never forget the innings that stokes played today. Chasing the small target of 138 runs, the england team, at one point of time, pakistan had raised a dent. In front of the swing of Pakistan's fast bowlers, the legs of the england batsmen had stopped moving. Seeing the way shaheen Afridi bowled alex Hales in the very first over, the air of the captain Butler at the other end and the rest of the england batsmen sitting in the stands became tight.
Match changed in one over
One by one the players of england started getting out and their grip on the match also started loosening. The target of 138 runs seemed to england as if they were chasing the target of 200. But then ben stokes came on the field, and he played very carefully. stokes played very slowly but persevered and that is what he had to do for England. When the pressure on the team started increasing too much, stokes opened his bat and changed his stance in one over in the match which was getting stuck.
First fifty of his career
Ben stokes scored 52 runs in 49 balls today and his strike rate was only 106. But this innings will not be seen from the strike rate. This inning is very special not only for england but also for stokes because it is the first fifty of his t20 career and that too when england is playing the final match of the World.
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