Kohli absence won’t make India Test easier - Stokes - video Dailymotion

Ben Stokes claims that India will still be as strong without Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravi Ashwin.

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00:00So obviously there's been a lot of said about no Rohit, no Virat and no Ashwin.

00:06That doesn't mean that we think it's going to be any easier than what it ever is against India.

00:13The pool of talent that Indian cricket has is just ginormous.

00:19So although Virat, Rohit and Ashwin have done amazing things for their country on the field,

00:27that doesn't mean that whoever comes in to replace those individuals are going to be any less hard to bowl at or bat against,

00:38just because of how big the pool of talent is in India.

00:41We've obviously spent a lot of time out of the IPL, so I know that there's a lot of it.

00:47But yeah, obviously three massive names, three people who have done wonderful things for their country,

00:52but it's not going to be any easy for us because those three big names aren't here.