Ben Stokes was surprised to see Ranchi's pitch, said - I have never seen anything like this before

India and England are playing a five-match Test series, with the fourth match starting on February 23. This match at Ranchi's JSCA International Stadium is ready for both teams to play. India's goal will be to win the series, on the one hand. The England squad wants to win this game to tie the series.

Before this match, England captain Ben Stokes expressed surprise at the Ranchi pitch. He said that he could not understand how it would behave. Stokes said, 'There is a lot of grass on the pitch. But when you go closer, many cracks are also visible. He said, 'I have never seen anything like this before. I have no idea, so I don't know what could happen. If you look down one side of the opposite ends it looks completely different from what I am used to seeing, especially in India.'

The England captain further said, 'From the changing room it looked green and grassy, but then you go there and it looks different. Very dark and crooked and had a lot of cracks. England is trailing 2-1 in this series. The visiting team had performed well in the first match played in Hyderabad. The pitch of the first Test of the series in Hyderabad had a lot of turns. But after this England has had to face two defeats one after the other. England suffered crushing defeats of 106 and recorded 434 runs in Vizag and Rajkot. The pitch was largely perfect in both of these matches.