THERE are some innings you just feel privileged to witness. On Monday, Ben Stokes made an unbeaten 106 off 63 balls for Rising Pune Supergiants in their unexpected win over Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League.
I was doing commentary on the game for talkSport and so saw every shot, every decision and every brow-mop that Stokes made – and there were plenty of each.
Now a T20 hundred is unusual enough, but one when your team are 10 for three after nine balls, it becomes a thing of legend. It was, quite simply, one of the great feats of IPL and easily the most signific...