Under stokes

Ian Chappell: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes England skipper Ben Stokes’ aggressive style of captaincy faltered at a crucial time in the fourth Test at Ranchi, which in turn propelled India to win the match and grab the series in their favour.

Under Stokes leadership, England have played an attacking brand of cricket and won 10 out of first 11 Tests. But they haven’t won a series of late, drawing 1-1 with New Zealand and 2-2 with Australia before recently going down 4-1 to India.

"Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes have waged an intriguing captaincy battle in their Test series. However, Stokes' aggressive leadership faltered at a crucial time and India - well led by Rohit - claimed the series with a resounding victory in the fourth Test in Ranchi.