England all-rounder Ben Stokes has stated that he is not affected by the "outside noise" and all he focuses upon is his own performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Sunday, Stokes played a magnificent knock of 107* as Rajasthan Royals chased down a stiff target of 196 with utmost ease against Mumbai Indians and kept their chances of making it to the playoffs alive in the IPL 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Outside noise can affect people in different ways. When I was younger, it affected me. It took me a while to understand that outside noise isn't what matters," Stokes said in a post-match chat with Sanju Samson for iplt20.com.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's all about what's within the team and the people who have an influence on you at a certain time in your career," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Before Sunday's game, Stokes was struggling with form as he managed scores of 30, 19, 15, 41, and 5. However, against Mumbai, the 29-year-old was back to his menacing best as alongside Samson, he stitched an unbeaten partnership of 152 to take Rajasthan to cross the line with 10 balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I found backing from everybody in the (Royals) franchise in the last three years. I know that I haven't delivered on the expectations but having the backing from the people that matter in this franchise is really the thing that I sort of pride everything on. So it was good to return a little bit of faith tonight," said Stokes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With 10 points from 12 games, Rajasthan is placed at the sixth spot in the points table. They will next face Kings XI Punjab on Friday.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mi-vs-rr-outside-noise-doesnt-matter-to-me-anymore,-its-all-about-whats-within-the-team-stokes.jpg", "alt_img": "mi vs rr outside noise doesn't matter to me anymore, it's all about what's within the team stokes", "alt_title": "Ben Stokes", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "MI vs RR: Outside Noise Doesn't Matter To Me Anymore, It's All About What's Within The Team: Stokes On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "England all-rounder Ben Stokes has stated that he is not affected by the \"outside noise\" and all he focuses upon is his own performance. ", "seo_keywords": "Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2020, Ben Stokes", "tag": "", "tagging": "Rajasthan Royals,IPL 2020,Ben Stokes,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "mi-vs-rr-outside-noise-doesnt-matter-to-me-anymore-its-all-about-whats-within-the-team-stokes", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1311", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2020-10-26 14:07:16", "updated": "2020-10-26 14:07:24", "img_from": "Ben Stokes", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Rajasthan Royals, Ben Stokes, MI vs RR, Mumbai Indians", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2020-10-26 14:07:16", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2020-10-26 14:07:16", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/mi-vs-rr-outside-noise-doesnt-matter-to-me-anymore-its-all-about-whats-within-the-team-stokes-66129" }