Sports Desk: Indian Premier League is the most popular T20 tournament of cricket in recent times. Almost every cricketer in the world wants to play in this tournament. Veteran players like James Anderson want to play in this league even after leaving international cricket. But in this era, there are many cricketers like Ben Stokes and Mitchell Starc, who leave IPL for national duty. Mitchell Starc has done this many times and now Ben Stokes is also doing it.
Focus on international career
England's Test captain Ben Stokes did not participate in this auction process. He cited the big reason for not playing IPL after the auction ended. Ben Stokes said that he wants to continue his international career long. His focus was on Ashes and big tournaments, hence he did not participate in the IPL auction.
Stokes will also not be able to participate in the IPL mini auction in future. According to the new rules of this auction, players who have not participated in the mega auction of IPL cannot participate in the mini auction also.
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Stokes made his debut in 2011
Stokes made his debut in international cricket in 2011. Till now he has played 107 Tests, 114 ODIs and 43 T20 International matches. He has retired from T20 International cricket. He had also retired from ODI cricket but returned from retirement for the ODI World Cup 2023.
Stokes is currently the captain of the England Test team. The ICC World Test Championship is being played since 2019. The England team has not been successful in reaching the finals even once. England will not be able to reach the final this season also. The England team is currently in sixth place. The Indian team is at number one. Whereas Australia's team is at second place.
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