Rishabh Pant: England captain Stokes admires Rishabh Pant, calls him a dangerous player; dismisses Bumrah factor..

England captain Ben Stokes has praised Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and called him the most dangerous player in the world. Stokes says that he likes to watch Pant play. Pant scored a century in both innings of the first Test match played against England in Leeds. The second Test between the two teams will be played at Edgbaston from Wednesday.

Stokes called himself a fan of Pant.

Stokes called himself a big fan of Rishabh Pant. Seeing Pant's aggressive style, the England captain also could not stop himself from smiling. Stokes said, Even though he is on the opposition team, I love watching Rishabh play cricket. I like the way he plays in all formats of the game. When you let him play freely, the same thing happens as happened last week. Credit goes to him; he scored two centuries in the match. We know that the way Rishabh plays, we will get opportunities. But he is a very dangerous player.

Did not pay attention to the speculations about Bumrah

Stokes was also asked about Bumrah's availability, but the England captain did not pay much attention to it. Stokes called it India's problem and said that he expects India to put up a tough challenge in the second Test match. It has already been decided that Bumrah will play only three matches in this series due to workload management. However, the Indian team's assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate had said that Bumrah is available to play in the second match, but the final decision on him will be taken by the team management.

India has not yet decided which three Test matches Bumrah will be a part of in England. He has played one match, and now he has to play two of the next four matches. However, the England team is not worried about Bumrah's availability, and its focus is on strengthening its lead in the series. Stokes, while answering the question related to Bumrah, said, This is India's problem. They will deal with it. I am the captain of England. India is a good team. They always fight hard, work hard. Their players are very passionate. There is always pressure on players playing at the international level, but playing for India, especially in cricket, is more pressure than other teams. What happened last week is a thing of the past. This is a new match and we are starting afresh in it.

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