ICC again trolls Sachin regarding Ben Stokes, fans get furious

XtraTime Web Desk: England’s ace all-rounder Ben Stokes hit a sensational unbeaten century as England beat Australia by just one wicket in the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Sunday to keep afloat in the series. Stokes who also remained 84 not out in the final of 2019 Cricket World Cup in July, was once again termed the “greatest cricketer of all time” by the International Cricket Council (ICC), but Sachin Tendulkar fans did not like it. After England were crowned the 50-over world champions for the first time, ICC’s official Twitter handle had posted a picture of Stokes with Tendulkar and captioned it, “The greatest cricketer of all time – and Sachin Tendulkar”. On Wednesday, ICC shared the picture once again with caption, “Told you so”.

Just like the last time, ICC’s tweet did not sit well with Tendulkar’s fans. Here are some reactions of Tendulkar fans.

Although Stokes deserves all the accolades for producing one of the best Test knocks ever, he cannot be called the greatest cricketer ever, Tendulkar’s fans believe.
England, bowled out for just 67 in their first innings, needed 73 more runs to reach a victory target of 359 when last man, Jack Leach, came into bat on the fourth day.

But Leach held firm before Stokes, the batting hero of England’s World Cup final triumph, hit the winning runs by flaying paceman Pat Cummins for a four that saw the all-rounder finish on 135 not out.

This was England’s highest successful fourth-innings chase and the tenth highest in Test history.

A remarkable victory, which arguably surpassed their 1981 Ashes Test triumph at Headingley when they beat Australia after following-on – saw England level the five-match series at 1-1.