Ollie Pope shared a medical update on England captain Ben Stokes ahead of the day 04 game of the Manchester Test in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Picking up 16 wickets so far, he is the leading wicket-taker of the series. Batting on day 03, Ben Stokes was dealing with cramps while batting on day 03 in Manchester.

However, after a couple of wickets, he returned back to the ground, and remained unbeaten 77 runs to end of the day. Following this, it remains doubtful whether the cricketer will bowl in the rest of the series.

Ollie Pope stated that it started with cramps on his left leg, but spread quickly. However he expects that the all-rounder needs some rest for the all-rounder will be good enough and he will be back in action on Day 04 of the Test.

“He is just cramping down his left leg and it spread to his whole leg from what I understand. He has pushed himself to some serious limits so far and that was a build-up of it. He will be good to go tomorrow, I am sure,” said Ollie Pope.

Ben Stokes underwent hamstring injury in January. He was out of action for a while but returned in beast mode. He was adjudged Player of the Match for his heroics in the third test at Lord’s and now he has bowled more overs in this series than any other in his career.

Ben Stokes was expected to take things slow after the surgery, but he has given everything with the ball. Speaking about that, Pope said that there are times when no one can take the ball away from him, and that what makes him such a great cricketer.

“I’m there to give him a nudge but he also gets this crazy look in his eye sometimes when you go over. Rooty (batter Joe Root) plays a similar role but there’s times when you can’t take the ball off him. He gets his vision and that’s what makes him such a great cricketer,” said Ollie Pope.

England ended a day 03 scoring 544 runs for 7 wickets, securing a 186-run lead over India in the Manchester Test.