Abhitesh
Superstar Ben Stokes is said to have quit the Indian Premier League (IPL) season in 2024, which is a big blow for MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) before the next tournament. There was a bidding war at the IPL auction for the 2023 season because of the England Test leader. After much consideration, CSK hired Stokes for the previous season, when Dhoni led Chennai to a record-setting fifth title.
Winners of records CSK paid an amazing INR 16.25 crore for Stokes’ skills at the IPL 2023 auction. But the player CSK paid the most for in the IPL 2023 sale will not play for the Yellow Brigade next season. Stokes has said he won’t be able to play in the IPL in 2024 because he wants to focus on making money. The England all-rounder wants to make sure he has enough time to rest and train for England’s big games. In 2024, England will play India in a very important Test match.
Disastrous World Cup in India
After a terrible defense of their ODI World Cup title in India, England will be hoping to do better next year when they try to protect their ICC World T20 title. Stokes came out of retirement for the ODI World Cup, but he failed to excite England like he did at the 2019 ICC event. In the round robin portion of the India World Cup, the Stokes-led team finished in seventh place. England only won three games in India. The team that won the 2023 World Cup the year before lost six times in the league phase.
How Stokes performed in IPL 2023
Stokes entered the IPL 2023 auction at a base price of INR 2 crore. The Englishman surpassed pacer Deepak Chahar to become CSK’s most expensive player in the history of IPL. Stokes played only two matches in the IPL 2023 due to a knee injury. Stokes is expected to undergo knee surgery as the Englishman is hoping to regain fitness for England’s five-match Test series against India in January.
