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Cricket News: Harry Brook can be an all-format player, like Virat is – Ben Stokes | Ben Stokes praises Harry Brook after win vs Pakistan

England Test captain Ben Stokes has backed middle-order star Harry Brook to be an all-format player like Virat Kohli’s is owing to his ‘abundant talent and simple technique’. Brook played a sublime knock of 108 runs off 149 deliveries with 14 boundaries and a solitary six to help his team pose a challenging target of 355 runs against Pakistan.

England eventually emerged victorious by 26 runs in the match and Brook’s knock, one that projected his incredible talent and temperament, has seen Stokes drawing parallels between the 23-year-old and Kohli.

“He’s one of those rare players that you look across all formats and you can just see him being successful everywhere. It’s a massive shout, but Virat Kohli is one of those guys where his technique is just so simple and works everywhere. The pressure that he puts back onto opposition is exactly what we’re about,” Stokes said to Sky Sports after the match.

He added, “He’s a player whose technique is suited to all three formats, he wants to always look to be putting pressure back onto the opposition, and he’s won another game for England.”

Brook has broken into the international game, showing some sublime style and substance. He has notched 369 runs in three Tests at a phenomenal average of 73.80 with a strike rate of 99.46. The Yorkshire batsman has two centuries to his name already for England and looks all set to play a vital role for the national team in the middle-order going ahead. In 59 first-class games, Brook has an average of 38.17 with nine centuries and 18 half-centuries as well.

Stokes added that Brook is a ‘pretty simple lad to captain’. The skipper lauded the youngster constantly looks to work and improve upon his batting and that he is an easy person to have in the dressing room.