Despite Stokes' heroics, England are staring down the barrel of another heavy defeat here in the Himalayas
on a day when their hopes in this final Test sunk further into the abyss. The one that burned brightest washe brushed aside the negativity of a wicketless morning for his team by producing perhaps the ball of the series to bowl Rohit Sharma, his opposite number.
Despite the gloomy prognosis, the tourists can at least cling to the magic moment from Stokes that not only breathed life into their efforts in the field on this second day but signalled he can return to the talismanic all-round figure he was before a chronic injury to his left knee restricted him to being a specialist batter for much of the past two years., he finally managed to send down five overs here after a fortnight of speculation about exactly when he might return to bowling.
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