ICC Champions Trophy 2017: England vs Pakistan, 5 things that went wrong for Eoin Morgan's side

#2 Horrible day for Ben Stokes

Stokes had a day to forget

Ben Stokes, the MVP of the recently concluded IPL and England's talisman, had been in great touch going into this game. He had won the game on his own against Australia and could have done the same today when he arrived to bat at 128/3. He arrived at a time when batting was tough against the reverse-swinging ball. While Stokes did manage to score 34 and take England to a fighting total, it came off a whopping 64 balls.

Can you imagine a player of Stokes’ calibre playing 64 balls and not hitting a single boundary? It just wasn't Stokes’ day as he struggled to time the ball against every single Pakistani bowler.

His luck didn't improve with the ball as well with the all-rounder conceding 38 runs in just 3.4 overs. He bowled no balls and wides and was slaughtered for fours and sixes.