Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

The stranger said to me “What is your name?”

The stranger asked me what my name was.

The most appropriate option to express the given sentence in indirect speech is:

The stranger asked me what my name was.

The other options are incorrect:

• The stranger has asked me what is my name. - This is incorrect because the verb "has asked" is in the present perfect tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
• The stranger asked me what was my name. - This is incorrect because the verb "was" is in the simple past tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
• Told me what my name is. - This is incorrect because the reporting verb "told" is used to express a statement, but the stranger is asking a question.