Ben Stokes has no regrets about declaring the first innings early despite Australia’s loss in the first Test of the Ashes series, but says he will do the same if the opportunity arises in the future.

According to media reports, the English captain, after coming close to winning the first Test match of the Ashes series, said after the defeat that no batsman would want to have to bat in the last 20 minutes of the day. Root and James Anderson would have been dismissed.

They were looking at it as an opportunity to put pressure on the Australian batsmen in the last 20 minutes of the day and take their wicket. He said that the England team will continue to do this in the future.

In the first innings, the score of the English team was 393 runs and 8 of its players were dismissed, Joe Root was at the crease with 118 runs, but Ben Stokes declared the first innings.

On the opening day of the first Test match of the ongoing Ashes series between Australia and England, despite England declaring an early innings, Australian openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner managed to save their wickets in the closing moments.

It should be noted that in the first Test match of the Ashes series, Australia defeated England by two wickets after a thrilling match. Usman Khawaja scored a brilliant century in the first innings and a half-century in the second innings.

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