England’s explosive all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has enjoyed a decent outing in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, recently opined about his terrible experience of undergoing a 14-day quarantine period of being locked in a hotel room. Upon arriving in New Zealand, Stokes had to serve a 14-day quarantine period due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The all-rounder found the quarantine process to be taxing and mentally challenging. Stokes revealed that there are special hotels for serving the quarantine hotels and a person needs to be really lucky in order to get a good place to stay in or not.
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Speaking on the Test Match Special Podcast, Stokes stated, “You get off the plane, get your bag, walk out and get told what hotel to go to. There’s no choice, it’s pot luck whether you get a good hotel or not. The government have chosen certain hotels to be quarantine hotels.”
Sharing the experience of his quarantine period in detail, the veteran English all-rounder reckoned that it was something that he wouldn’t even wish for his worst enemy. Stokes jokingly added that he told his brother that his quarantine experiences bad so bad that he wouldn’t even wish this for his arch-rival, Marlon Samuels.
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Replying to Stokes’ comment, Samuels on his Instagram story wrote: “I posted a few Instagram stories and some of the England boys were messaging me asking what it’s like and I was saying it wasn’t the most enjoyable thing you ever have to do, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” he said.“I text my brother saying the same thing, and my brother asked: ‘You wouldn’t even do that to Marlon Samuels?’ I said ‘no, it’s that bad’ – that’s how tough it was.”
Ben Stokes wouldn't wish 14 days of quarantine upon anyone – not even Marlon Samuels. pic.twitter.com/pCIrzXCMev
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 26, 2020
Though Stokes had taken Samuels’ name in the podcast jokingly, it didn’t go well with the Caribbean cricketer. Sharing the statements made by Stokes on his official Instagram handle story, Marlon called Stokes a b***h, followed by further disparaging remarks.
