Should England Be Worried About Stokes The Batter?

Ben Stokes had a near terrible outing with the bat against India. In the 10 innings that he played in the 5-match series, the England-captain could reach double figures just 5 times and had 7 scores under 16 runs. His highest score in the entire tour was 70 runs.

Ben Stokes' scores through the tour: 70, 6, 47, 11, 41, 15,3, 4, 0, 2

Stokes amassed a total of 199 runs in the series, and averaged a mere 19.9, his second innings average being just 7.6. Stoke seemed to be in all sorts against Indian spinners. Ravi Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja had Stokes on a tight noose and the batter looked oddly incapacitated against India's mighty spin attack. These are worrying signs for the English camp who need to look beyond their Bazball experiment.