Direction (Qs.1 to 6): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. There are some blanks given in the passage based on which some questions are framed, and some words are highlighted as well to help you answer some of the questions.

(A) Ben Stokes reveal (a) this week that England’s players are calling this trip to South Africa “the curse (b) tour” and yet more evident (c) that is indeed the case presented itself on Thursday when the opener (d) Rory Burns was struck down with an ankle injury during the team’s customary pre-training game of football on the eve of the second Test at New Zealand. (B) Burns landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the follow-through from a shot with which _____. Yet not even VAR could apportion any blame to England’s captain for the unfortunate luck that led to Burns – his team’s top scorer during their opening Test defeat at Centurion – rolling his ankle before being treated by the team doctor Anita Biswas and helped off the field. Burns was one of the few players not struck down with a sickness bug that affected 17 members of the England touring party during their time at Centurion. Whether he plays in the second Test starting on Friday depends on the results of a scan and how his ankle reacts overnight. (C) But the signs do not look good given how much pain (a) he sustaining (b) in shortly after appeared (c) the injury and the fact he was unable (d) to walk off the field to the changing-room at New Zealand. (D) That means Zak Crawley, the 21-year-old opener /who made his Test debut against New Zealand in Hamilton /four-and-a-half week ago, /is on standby to partner Dominic Sibley at the top of the order./ (E) Yet if things were not bad enough for England, it had already emerged before Burns’s stumble that Jofra Archer _____ that flared up during training on New Year’s Day. (F) Archer, England’s top wicket-taker ruling (a) the first Test, did not train on the eve of the match and England are awaiting (b) the results of a scan (c) before officially during (d) out the fast bowler. Whether the 24- year-old will play again in this four-match series is also dependent on those results. Root indicated a player who has played 22 games of international cricket since making his England debut last May would not be risked. “It is obviously quite disappointing to see Jofra pull up like that,” the captain said. “I think it’s a recurring injury, something that he has had before. He did pull up very sore. He had a little trundle after our fielding practice and seemed to be in a little bit of pain. “That is something you want to manage in a young talent like Jofra, making sure that we don’t blow him out for six months and make sure we get the most out of him for as long as we can. It’s important to weigh everything up, see what the scan says, how he pulls up today and go from there.”