England's white-ball coach Matthew Mott has claimed that Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will have places kept open for them in the T20 World Cup squad for next year's ICC event.

Stokes went on to have knee surgery following the World Cup campaign and is recovering ahead of the Test series against India. The all-rounder will be missing the IPL this year as part of workload management.

Archer, on the other hand, has been hampered by a series of injuries that has seen him miss the Ashes 2023 and the World Cup this year. The pacer also opted out of the IPL Auction 2024 after Mumbai Indians had released him.

Speaking to the BBC, Mott went on to talk about both men and weighed in on their chances of making it to the T20 World Cup squad. The England white-ball coach hailed Stokes as a rare talent and said having a seam bowler like him in the top six makes things a lot easier and the all-rounder being selected for the ICC event is a given.

"Every team in the world wants someone like that [Stokes] and they're rare," said Mott.

"A lot of the times you have to give up something. If you win, everyone says 'oh, they got it right'. If you lose, it's 'they were a bowler short or a spinner short'."

"When you've got a seam bowler in your top six, it makes selection a hell of a lot easier. So [choosing him at the T20 World Cup] is a given."

Mott talked about Archer and said that having a 'box-office' pacer like him would be massive for the team.

"In terms of Jofra, you've just got absolute box-office pace, change of pace, bowl any over in the innings. Him on the park is massive, everyone would agree with that," said Mott.