Ben Stokes has very similar characteristics to Virat Kohli: Nasser Hussain

The stage is set for the resumption of international cricket, with England hosting the Windies for a three-match Test series beginning on 8 July. On 17 June, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced their 30-man training squad, who will start training on 23 June at Ageas Bowl, Southampton.

England’s Test match captain, Joe Root and his wife are expecting the birth of their second child during the first week of July. Hence, Joe Root made himself unavailable for selection ahead of the first Test match and Ben Stokes, England's Test vice-captain, will be leading the side against the Windies at Ages Bowl.

Former England captain Nasser Hussain recently appeared on Sony Ten's Pit Stop show where he praised Ben Stokes. “He [Stokes] is a fighter of a character.” 

Nasser Hussain added that Stokes has always given his best and that his performance at the 2019 World Cup proved his ability and compared him to India and RCB captain Virat Kohli in terms of his character and commitment to the game. 

“He thinks from every situation, you can win that game, and we have seen that at Headingley, we have seen that at the World Cup. He has very similar characteristics to Kohli, to be honest. He wants to win," Nasser Hussain was quoted as saying in Sony Ten's Pit Stop show.

The 52-year-old is optimistic that the World Cup winner would make a very good captain. “I think he would make a very good captain. The only problem with that is, I would say, in England, sometimes we have made our best cricketers and our all-rounder’s captains, whether it be [Ian] Botham or whoever. Sometimes, it doesn’t sit when you’ve got so much on your plate.” 

The former captained concluded by saying, “...Ben is a leader in that dressing room anyway. People look at Stokes, even if he is vice-captain and go, ‘What’s Ben doing? How would Ben do this?’ I like it the way it is at the moment Joe [Root]’s captain, Ben is your vice-captain. There are leaders that don’t need the arm-band and I think Ben Stokes is one of those. But I think on a short-term basis, Ben Stokes in a one-off game at the Ageas Bowl, or maybe a couple of games, I think he would stand in and do a very good job.”