Skipper Stokes, the all-rounder that keeps on ticking

Ben Stokes became the fifth captain to score a hundred and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test.

- Somshuvra Laha

The last time that happened in Tests, India were still six months away from winning their first World Cup. Records have a way of unearthing new takers but not when it comes to allrounders, especially the kind that bowls fast.

Which is why Stokes emulating Imran Khan while becoming only the third player to complete the double of scoring 7,000 runs and taking 200-plus wickets in Test cricket, after Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis, isn't merely an achievement, but a milestone. It's proof that allrounders aren't a dying breed yet.