Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 6 (ANI): Ahead of the fifth and final Test against India, England skipper Ben Stokes has his focus on the crucial ICC World Test Championship points, even though the series has been lost.
India and England will lock horns in the fifth and final Test of the series in Dharamshala from Thursday. India has won the series 3-1, handing England their first series loss under the leadership of Stokes and coach McCullum.
Both sides still have World Test Championship points to gain in Dharamsala, even though the series has been decided. India is on top of the World Test Championship standings while England is eighth on the points table.
Ahead of the game, Stokes said on Tuesday as quoted by ESPNCricinfo, “Well, it is like whenever we play. We want to win this week.”
For England, complacency is not an option as they are feeling the need to step up their game to the next level, after a series of missed opportunities that did not let them win the Ashes series against Australia at home despite a remarkable fightback and against India here, giving the Asian giants plenty of headaches during four matches. But England could not make it count during the pressure situations and lost the series.