The English all-rounder, Ben Stokes slammed his fellow citizens in a Twitter post for not following social distancing. He took to the social media platform and wrote, “Let’s go to the bridge tonight and clap with loads of other people to show our support to the NHS, it’s fine if we put other people at risk as long as we get seen on camera clapping I’m cool with it SERIOUSLY”.
Ben shared a video along with his tweet where many people can be seen gathered on a bridge and were seen clapping. Governments around the world have made it clear that it is important to maintain social distancing at all times as it helps in the fight against coronavirus.
“Let go to the bridge tonight and clap with loads of other people to show our support for the NHS,it’s fine if we put other people at risk as long as we get seen on camera clapping I’m cool with it” SERIOUSLY 😡😡 https://t.co/f71FRv33YG
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) April 17, 2020
England has suffered a lot due to the coronavirus pandemic as there are more than 1,00,000 confirmed cases in the country. England cricketers and other sports personalities from around the world have asked citizens to follow guidelines laid out by their respective governments.
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Ben Stokes, much like other sports personalities has been spending time with his family. He was scheduled to play in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which for now has been postponed indefinitely. Stokes has played 34 matches in the Indian Premier League and went on to score 635 runs with a strike rate of 132.01. He has scalped 26 wickets with an economy rate of 8.25 as well.
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The official announcement from the BCCI came on Thursday after PM Narendra Modi extended the lockdown in India till May 3. Stokes had a memorable outing in 2019 as he helped England to lift the 50-over World Cup and a memorable win in the Headingley Test against Australia during the AShes 2019.
