'I Wasn’t Joking About...': Virat Kohli Reserves Big Praise For Ben Stokes After His Incredible Innings At Lord's

Ben Stokes won millions of hearts all over the world with his hard-fought innings of 155 runs as he almost sealed a historic win for his team with his one-for-the-ages knock.

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli reacted to Ben Stokes' incredible heroics on the dramatic fifth day. 

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Virat Kohli reaction on Ben Stokes ton in Ashes: Australia defeated England by 43 runs in the second Test of the Ashes 2023 Test series at Lord's. Even though Australia won the match by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead, England captain Ben Stokes won millions of hearts all over the world with his hard-fought innings of 155 runs as he almost sealed a historic win for his team with his one-for-the-ages knock. Among several cricketers, former Indian captain Virat Kohli too reacted to Stokes' incredible heroics on the dramatic fifth day. 

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"I wasn't joking about calling Ben Stokes the most competitive bloke I've played against. Innings of the highest quality but Australia is too good at the moment," he tweeted.

I wasn’t joking about calling Ben Stokes the most competitive bloke I’ve played against. Innings of the highest quality but Australia is too good at the moment 👍

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 2, 2023

Australia beat England by 43 runs to win Lord's Test

Australia scored 416 runs in their first innings of ENG vs AUS 2nd Test at Lord's. After this, England were reduced to just 325 runs in their first innings. However, the hosts made a great comeback and restricted Australia to 279 runs. In this way, England got a target of 371 runs in their second innings for the win. On day 5, England got all out after scoring 327 runs as Australia won ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 2nd Test by 43 runs, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match 2023 Ashes Test series.

In the first innings for Australia, Steve Smith scored 110, Travis Head scored 77 and David Warner scored 66 runs. In the first innings for England, Ben Duckett scored 98 and Harry Brook scored 50 runs. Usman Khawaja scored the highest 77 runs for Australia in the second innings.