A big and surprising news has come out from England cricket. Star all-rounder Ben Stokes, one of the greatest and legendary captains in the history of English cricket, will step down from the captaincy. With this, he will now also retire from Test cricket. This has been said in a report. Since Tuesday morning, many media reports had claimed that Test captaincy would be taken away from Ben Stokes. Now reports have come that Ben Stokes will retire from Test cricket.

It is being claimed in the reports of British media that after the fight in the night club, Ben Stokes may step down from the captaincy of the England Test team as well as retire. He does not want the England and Wales Cricket Board to take any action against him, he can leave the captaincy before the board takes action, and can also retire.

Know what is the night club controversy, after which Stokes was advised to leave the captaincy

The first Test match was played between England and New Zealand at Lord’s, which England won under the captaincy of Ben Stokes. After this victory, Ben Stokes went to a night club at Lord’s with the team’s star fast bowler Gus Atkinson, where he had a fight with the rugby player. The ECB has started investigating this matter.

In a report by ESPNcricinfo it was said that Ben Stokes has been given some options by the ECB. One of these is that he should resign from the captaincy on his own. If he himself does not give up the captaincy, then the board can take action against him and remove him from the captaincy.

For your information, let us tell you that Ben Stokes has already retired from ODI and T20 International. He only plays test cricket. Even before the recent nightclub brawl, Ben Stokes has been in controversies many times. He was also accused of creating ruckus on the road after drinking alcohol. Ben Stokes has done such things many times since his international debut.

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