India vs England: England Looking to Bat Another Hour on Day 3: Ben Stokes

The all-rounder put up a 124-run partnership with England captain Joe Root, who scored his second double century in three Tests on Saturday.

He said that there is something in the wicket that England can look to exploit.

“I think there has been spin, bounce and reverse. I think we just played really well, you have got to give us credit there. It has not been exactly easy there. We gave ourselves a great opportunity to get in and score runs on a pitch that is actually offering for the bowlers,” said Stokes.

“There have been a lot of balls that spat out of the rough today. We saw in the period when we saw Ishant Sharma got reverse and got two in two. You know that can happen out here. I think we played really very, very well as a unit and taken some big strides as a batting group,” he further said.

However, Stokes said that there is a long way to go for England to win the Test and they have to work very hard.

“I think generally wickets don’t get better out here in India especially when…

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