Ben Stokes has emerged as an injury doubt for the opening match of the World Cup between England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Stokes, the Player of the Match in the 2019 final between the same teams, came out of ODI retirement in August despite a long-standing knee injury and is not expected to bowl a ball at the World Cup, having made himself available only as a specialist batter. However, he didn't highlight in that frame of mind up game against Bangladesh in Guwahati on Monday because of a left hip grievance. In front of their last instructional course before Thursday's drapery raiser against New Zealand, Britain's commander Jos Buttler said that they wouldn't "face enormous challenges" with players' wellness right off the bat in the competition. "He has a slight niggle with his hip," Buttler said when gotten some information about Stirs up's non-contribution against Bangladesh. "However, fingers crossed that it'll be uplifting news for us. We'll see. He's buckling down with the physios, and we'll know more when the folks show up for preparing today. "We'll settle on the best decision. On the off chance that he's not fit to play, he's not fit to play. Assuming he is, we can go with that choice. It's not an opportunity to face huge challenges on somebody toward the beginning of the competition. Closer the end, perhaps you really do take all the more a gamble with individuals' wounds, however being a long tournament is going." Stirs up scored 182 against New Zealand at The Oval in mid-September in his third innings on his re-visitation of ODI cricket. He was refreshed for the last round of that series at Master's, and was not because of play in both of Britain's warm-up games in Guwahati; the first, against India, was cleaned out after they had named a 13-man side at the throw. Britain were because of select their playing XI for the initial match in the wake of preparing at the Narendra Modi Arena on Wednesday night. "We'll perceive the way the folks pull up here at preparing today - and post-preparing - and afterward we can go with our choices," Buttler said. In any case, Stirs up was a fringe figure, meandering around the outfield while his partners kicked a football around. He prepared in the rec center, however didn't bat in that frame of mind during Britain's meeting under floodlights. In the event that Stirs up isn't considered adequately fit to highlight on Thursday, he is probably going to be supplanted at No. 4 by Harry Stream, who batted there in the warm-facing Bangladesh, and is the assigned extra hitter in Britain's crew. Creek has just played six ODIs - and has scored only 123 runs - however Britain are certain he can change over his Test and T20 accomplishment into the 50-over design. "We as a whole understand what a fabulous player he is," Buttler said of Creek. "He's toward the beginning of a global vocation that has been remarkable in T20 cricket and the Test design. He's not played heaps of ODI cricket, yet an organization ought to suit him impeccably. "It'll permit him to bat for quite a while and make huge runs, and that is something he appreciates doing. He has every one of the shots, and we know from Test cricket that he can play large innings. An organization ought to suit him all around well."