Ben Stokes Likely To Miss ODI World Cup 2023 Match Against Bangladesh: Report

Stokes came out of ODI retirement to make himself available as a specialist batter for the World Cup.

New Delhi: England batter Ben Stokes likely to miss the ODI World Cup 2023 match against Bangladesh which will be played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala on October 10, Tuesday.

Stokes also missed the ODI World Cup opener match against New Zealand where England lost the match by nine wickets and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway scored 152* and 123* respectively to help New Zealand win the opener clash.

Stokes came out of ODI retirement to make himself available as a specialist batter for the World Cup. However, the English Test skipper was not available for the opening game against New Zealand where the defending champions lost by 9 wickets. As per a report from ESPN CricInfo, the all-rounder is most likely to miss the second match as well due to a sore left hip.

Buttler’s observation came after Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott too had expressed his displeasure over the outfield at the venue after their match against Bangladesh.

While Trott was a bit circumspect in his views, Buttler gave a more candid opinion of his concerns.

“Yeah, a few (concerns) I think,” Buttler began during his pre-match press meet here on Monday before opening up on the state of the field.

“It’s poor in my own opinion. I think any time you’re sort of talking about being careful diving or sort of being careful when you’re fielding, it sort of goes against everything you want to be as a team.

“You know you want to dive through our houses to save a run. So, that’s obviously not ideal, the way the surface is, the outfield. The outfield is different to when we played here in the IPL,” Buttler held forth.