‘Not many players are there at the end winning games’ – Ricky Ponting draws similarities between Ben Stokes and MS Dhoni’s match-finishing abilities

In the 2nd Ashes Test Ben Stokes England’s skipper played a pivotal role at the Lord’s with a magnificent knock of 155 runs. Despite his dismissal, England’s batting lineup faltered, leading to an easy victory for Australia. Ben Stokes for the England has consistently exhibited exemplary composure and resilience under pressure, drawing comparisons from former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to the legendary Indian batsman, MS Dhoni, in terms of his finishing abilities.

Ponting said “The first one that comes to mind is maybe someone like a Dhoni, who’s there at the end in a lot of T20 games, and finishing games, whereas Ben’s doing it at the end of Test matches, and there’s not, probably not many, many players through the history of the game that have found themselves in that sort of role and are there at the end winning games, and especially as a captain.”