England captain Ben Stokes, who missed The Oval Test, lauded India’s efforts within the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and admitted that 2-2 is in all probability a fair consequence of such a compelling five-match collection.
“The series as a whole was just all games going to five days. It’s been toe-to-toe for 25 days and two very good teams who have thrown everything at each other and leaving nothing out there. I guess from a cricket fan’s point of view, 2-2 is probably fair,” Stokes stated on Monday (August 4, 2025).
“Obviously, we are disappointed to have not got the result that we wanted to give us a series win. There’s that disappointment and a little bit of frustration there as well from everyone,” stated the England skipper.
Stokes additionally made it clear that such a collection is a enormous enhance to the longest format of the sport.
“This has certainly been one of those series that can hopefully stop that narrative about Test cricket dying. We are disappointed from a playing point of view, but as an advocate of the game, the series has been fantastic to be part of,” Stokes added.
