Morgan said, “Ben is such a special player. He stands up for his country in big matches, when his country needs him. It’s such an incredible skill.”
His remarks came after questions were raised over Stokes’ inclusion in the squad at the start of the tournament, which was laid to rest with the 31-year-old leaving behind a determined Pakistan side to win the entire affair. .
Stokes lowered his head and scored 52* off 49 balls even as wickets fell all around him, reaching the target of 138 with one over and five wickets to spare.
Morgan said on Sky Sports after the end of the match, “When there’s the ability to mess something up, Ben is the guy who thinks calmly and calmly under pressure and makes great decisions. He’s done that many times.” ”
The win establishes England as one of the greatest limited-overs teams, with the current Jos Buttler-led side holding both the 50-over and 20-over trophy at the same time, the first team to do so. becomes.
“It’s such an incredible feeling – pure joy, relief, happiness. This team deserves it. They’ve been through the mill in the group stages and have done their best against India in the semi-finals.” Morgan.
“Jos Buttler said, ‘We don’t want to be known as a team just because of our style of play’. Won something solid to be considered one of the great sides. They were excellent,” he concluded.
Asked after the end of the match whether he doubted that England would go over the line, Stokes said he had no such doubts in his mind.
“I didn’t feel like it was out of our hands. I tried to make sure I stayed there for as long as possible at the end.”
“It’s easy when you have a batsman at the end of the innings and it’s never really a panic station when it’s less than eight runs per over and Mo (Moeen Ali) really got us going. ”
Test captain Stokes revealed that England had started playing their best edition in the T20 World Cup after a five-run loss to Ireland in a rain-hit Super 12 match at the MCG. “In the final, especially chasing, you forgot all the hard work that came first. To restrict them to 130, the bowlers have to take a lot of credit. Adil Rashid and Sam Curran won us the game.”
“With Ireland being so early in the competition, we had to address it. Say what had to be said and then let it go. We can’t carry stuff into the tournament. It was a small setback along the way, credit Ireland We are beating us by turning back.”
“The best teams take it on the chin, and move on to the next challenge. A great evening. It’s wonderful to represent your country at the World Cup. It’s been a good one.”
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