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Almost exactly a year ago, at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Ben Stokes was a picture of utter desolation. Carlos Brathwaite had swung him into orbit for four straight deliveries and handed the West Indies an unlikely win in the final of the World T20. In a stadium brimming with more than 70,000 spectators, and with a jubilant West Indies celebrating uncontrollably around him, Stokes, down on his haunches with hands on head, cut a hauntingly sorry figure. It had gone terribly wrong for England’s marquee all-rounder.
Earlier this week, after sparking a bidding war among a number of Indian Premier League (IPL)
