Faf du Plessis feels this England player breathes fire when he gets angry

While the viewers on the television may not have seen an extremely angry Ben Stokes quite often, the English all-rounder’s Indian Premier League teammate, South Africa’s Faf du Plessis has said that when angry, Stokes breathes fire. Du Plessis, who will lead the visitors in the second Test against England, has come up with a new nickname for Stokes. He called him a ‘dragon’.

In case you didn’t know, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada was handed a one match suspension after being heard in the stump microphone hurling abuses at Stokes after dismissing the English allrounder in the first Test at Lord’s. The stump mic recorded Rabada, the match referee registered the complaint to the ICC, and then due to the demerit points he had already accumulated from the past and the recent one Rabada was handed over the suspension. In the past, Marlon Samuels and Virat Kohli have also indulged in a verbal rift with Stokes.

However, Faf said that there is no need for Rabada to apologise to Stokes for something done out of passion for the country and game, but he also said that when aroused, Stokes can get really angry. “I would not expect KG to apologise to the team. It shows what he’s made of and is desperate to do well for his country. Ben is just as fiery, that is what makes him so competitive. I called him ‘The Dragon’ in the IPL because that’s what he is – he breathes fire when he gets angry .It’s important to have characters like that when you are fighting for your country,” the Proteas skipper was quoted as saying by The Sun.

Trevor Bayliss asks the boys to be careful 

However, head coach of England Cricket Team Trevor Bayliss said that now that cricket is very technologically advanced and that the stump mic records everything, the players need to be a bit careful with what they say.

“In this day, with stump mics, the boys have to be careful, especially if that type of language is going into lounges and you have kids hearing it,” Bayliss said.