Watch: England players Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone escape an accident on the roads of Delhi
Ben Stokes, the hero of England's 2019 World Cup victory, came out of retirement to aid his team in their quest to defend their title in India. However, fate had other plans, as he suffered an untimely injury, causing him to miss many of the important matches. Even upon his return, in the encounter against South Africa, his contribution proved insufficient, leading to England's loss by a significant margin of 229 runs.
Both of these cricketing talents find themselves in India as part of the English squad for the ongoing ODI World Cup in 2023. Stokes recently recounted a heart-pounding incident during an autorickshaw ride with Livingstone and the team's strength and conditioning coach, Andy Mitchell. Their tuk-tuk narrowly avoided a collision with a white car, a moment they captured on video.
Watch the video here.
Stokes said, "So, me and Livi are pretty big lads, and we also had our strength and conditioning coach, Mitch, who is even bigger than us. Now, tuk-tuks aren't very big. So, you can imagine that we were pretty squashed in the back of his tuk-tuk. This is the one I got [shows the video on his phone]... We were just running up to the roundabout here. Does not slow down, and, yeah, there he goes!"