The England team has suffered its second consecutive defeat in the Ashes series. He was defeated by Australia by 43 runs in the second Test match played at Lord's. In the second innings of this match, English captain Ben Stokes played a brilliant inning of 155 runs. Everyone has praised his batting. Two of the world's greatest players on this list are former India captain Virat Kohli and Australia's vice-captain Steve Smith.

Kohli remembered his old talk about Stokes. He praised Stokes by tweeting. Also, Kohli described Australia as a good team. He wrote, “I did not jokingly call Ben Stokes the most competitive player I have played against. High-level innings, but Australia is a very good team right now. Kohli has praised Stokes many times. He also wanted to include Stokes in his team (Royal Challengers Bangalore) in IPL.

What did Steve Smith say?
Australia's Steve Smith, who played against Stokes, has also praised him. He said that Stokes is an incredible player. He has done many incredible things. Smith said, “He has done some incredible things on this ground in different formats. He was targeting the short end. He played the first shot at the other end and got out.

England's hopes were over as soon as Stokes was dismissed. When he was returning to the pavilion after getting out, not only the spectators of England but also Australia were clapping for him. When Stokes was on 114, Smith dropped his catch. On this, the former Australian captain said, "I could not catch the ball." It was very difficult to catch the ball in the square of the wicket. It is difficult for players like Stokes to give life to people.

What happened in the match?
England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Australia scored 416 runs based on Steve Smith's 110 and David Warner's 66 runs. Marnus Labushen contributed 47 and Travis Head contributed 77 runs. Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took three wickets each for England. Joe Root got two wickets. In response to this, the England team could only score 325 runs. Ben Duckett contributed 98, Jack Crowley 48, Ollie Pope 42, and Harry Brook contributed 50 runs. Mitchell Starc took three wickets for Australia. Hazlewood and Travis Head got two wickets each. Australia got a 91-run lead in the first innings.

Australia scored 279 runs in the second innings. Usman Khawaja contributed 77 and Steve Smith contributed 34 runs. Stuart Broad took four wickets for England. Josh Tongue and Oli Robinson got two wickets each. England had a target of 370 runs in the fourth innings, but this team was reduced to 327 runs and lost the match by 43 runs. Captain Ben Stokes scored 155 runs in England's second innings. At the same time, Ben Duckett contributed 83 runs. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood took three wickets each for Australia. Green got a wicket.

(pc amarujala)