The flamboyant English all-rounder, Ben Stokes lost his father on Tuesday after a long battle with brain cancer. The England all-rounder took to Instagram on Wednesday where he wrote an emotional message for his late father along with a photograph of him with a broad smile on his face.
Captioning the images on his official Instagram handle, Stokes had said, “In different places now me and you Ged but knowing you’ll always have this smile on your face make’s me smile every time I think of you”.
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Stokes’ Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals also paid tribute to Ged Stokes. Paying a tribute to Stokes’ father, Rajasthan Royals had tweeted, “RIP Ged Stokes. One of the greatest characters in our special cricket family. We’re with you Ben. Strength to you and your family”.
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Ben Stokes, the number one Test all-rounder, missed major part of England’s summer Test series against Pakistan as he had returned to Christchurch to be with his father. The veteran all-rounder is currently in South Africa with the England squad. England white-washed South Africa in the three-match T20I series.
However, on Monday, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) agreed to postpone the remaining games of the One-Day International (ODI) series as the coronavirus cases were constantly increasing in the last few days.
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ECB on Tuesday announced that the team will depart from Cape Town on Thursday. In the T20I series in South Africa, Stokes had amassed 53 runs and picked up a couple of wickets as well. In the IPL, he had played a few games where he as amassed 285 runs at an average of 40.71 and a strike-rate of 142.50.
