Ben Stokes by no means countenanced the potential of leaving the World Cup early to convey his impending knee surgical procedure forwards, regardless of England's Test tour to India looming in two-and-a-half months' time. Going residence, he stated, would have been "the easy way out".Stokes revealed earlier than England's 33-run defeat to Australia in Ahmedabad final week that he will have an operation later this month in a bid to unravel the power left-knee problem which has seen him play as a specialist batter because the begin of July. He expects his rehabilitation to take between 5 and 7 weeks, leaving a brief turnaround earlier than his Test crew tour to India in January. The first of the 5 Tests begins on January 25 in Hyderabad.

But even after their elimination was confirmed, Stokes stated he didn't contemplate heading residence forward of England's ultimate two group fixtures. "Just because things haven't gone as we'd wanted, there were never any thoughts about leaving early, taking the easy way out," he stated. "We came here as part of a team and we will leave here as one."

Having reversed his retirement for this match, Stokes is extremely unlikely to function in ODIs after England's ultimate group sport in opposition to Pakistan in Kolkata on Saturday. In any case, that shall be his final 50-over match for at the least 10 months: his surgical procedure will rule him out of England's tour to the Caribbean subsequent month, and they don't play one other ODI till September 2024.

Stokes was non-committal over his future plans on Wednesday evening, saying that he had "no idea" whether or not Saturday shall be his ultimate ODI. Rob Key, England's managing director, is in Kolkata forward of the Pakistan sport. "I'm sure there will be a conversation [with him]," Stokes stated. "But I don't know when that will be."

After lacking England's first three video games on the World Cup with a hip damage sustained doing lunges in a resort fitness center in Guwahati, Stokes stated that his bodily health improved over the course of the match. "I have used the time between games to give myself a better opportunity [of recovering well] after the surgery," he stated.

"All the work in the gym doesn't compare to what you go through out there [on the pitch]. I'm looking forward to getting it sorted and not having to worry like I have these past 18 months. From a physical point of view, I'm better off than when I first got out here. But physical fitness and cricket fitness are two different things."