IPL: Rajasthan urge Ben Stokes to slow down after his blistering knock in Chennai Test

English all-rounder Ben Stokes played an impactful kck of 82 against India on Day 2 of first Test match at MA Chidambaram Stium, Chennai. 

It so happened that Stokes h started off his innings slowly but n went after Indian bowlers once he rediscovered his rhythm. southpaw's counter-attacking strategy paid off as he reached his half-century off just 73 deliveries and when he did get to his 50, Ben's IPL team Rajasthan Royals came forward and urged him to slow down.

're's still time for IPL'

Sharing one of Stokes' batting stills from first innings, inaugural edition's champions requested explosive middle-order batsman's form in series-opener. However, reminded Durham all-rounder that re is still time for IPL.

Ben Stokes has been retained by former champions for upcoming IPL 2021 and he will be expected to make a tremendous impact for 2008 winners with his all-round skills as franchise looks forward to win marquee tournament for second time. 

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Ben Stokes in Dream11 IPL 2020

Stokes h joined Rajasthan in second half of season since he was with his ailing far in New Zealand. Ben, who is a middle-order batsman was me to open innings in previous edition where he did man to impress one and all to a certain extent.

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In eight matches that he got to feature in, New Zealand born cricketer scored 285 runs at an aver of 40.71 and a strike-rate of 142.50 that included a century and a half-century each. However, England's hero of 2019 World Cup final did t achieve success with ball in hand as he could only man two scalps by conceding 154 runs.

Stokes' stay in middle came to an abrupt end after he was caught by Team India's number three batsman Cheteshwar Pujara off second attempt (after fumbling in first) off left-arm spinner Shahbaz Neem. His 82-run kck included 10 boundaries and three maximums. 

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