Published 13:58 IST, November 6th 2019

Ben Stokes loses friendly bet as he fails to dismiss brother James

Ben Stokes lost a bet to his older brother James. The two had made a bet that James can face six deliveries from Ben without getting dismissed and he did.

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World Cup-winning England all-rounder Ben Stokes lost a bet to his older bror James. two h me a bet that James can face six deliveries from Ben without getting dismissed and much to shock of England all-rounder, his bror mand to survive over.  

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Speaking to a leing New Zealand media network, James said that was quick and finally New Zealand got a win after ir victory over England in second T20I. He ded that it was first time in over 20 years that he h faced a ball from his younger bror.  

Ben Stokes failed to dismiss older bror James

Ben Stokes posted on Twitter that James h me a bet that he could survive an over from his bror. He n posted foot of six deliveries in nets in Christchurch to his story. In video, James shows he’s got a decent forward defence, some good judgement with leave and an ability to drop hands after Ben Stokes couldn’t resist testing him out with a short ball as rest of Stokes family cheered him on.

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In ar post on Instagram, Stokes brors embraced after last ball with Stokes captioning “Battle of bro’s....why does older bro always have to win” 

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Before incident, Ben Stokes h joked that his bror was on YouTube watching videos of former England opener Alastair Cook in preparation for over.

Stokes has been rested from ongoing T20 series vs New Zealand. He will join team back for Test series against Kiwis which is slated to start from vember 21.

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12:48 IST, November 6th 2019