IND vs ENG 4th Test: Ben Stokes scripts history at Old Trafford, joins elite all-rounder club

England's captain Ben Stokes (AP Photo/Jon Super)

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England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Saturday etched his name into cricket’s record books by becoming only the third player in Test history to score over 7,000 runs and take 200 wickets. He joins West Indies great Garry Sobers and South African legend Jacques Kallis in this exclusive club, and is the first Englishman to achieve the feat.Players to score 7000+runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket- Jacques Kallis (13289 runs/292 wickets)- Garry Sobers (8032 runs/235 wickets)- Ben Stokes (7000 runs/229 wickets)Stokes reached the milestone on Day 4 of the fourth Test against India, where he also brought up his 14th Test century in a commanding performance.Just a day earlier, during Day 3, Stokes had completed 11,000 international runs across formats. He remained unbeaten on 77 as England finished the day at 544 for 7, leading by 186 runs. He had briefly left the field due to leg discomfort but returned to resume his innings alongside Liam Dawson Stokes now has 11,048 runs in 272 matches at an average of 35.88, with 19 centuries and 60 fifties. With the ball, he is also enjoying a dream series, currently leading the wicket tally with 16 scalps.It has been a historic Test match for England. On Friday, Joe Root continued his superb form by scoring his 38th Test century. In the process, he overtook Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run-scorer in Test history, further underlining England’s dominance in the game.

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