IPL 2025 Ben Stokes: Fans are very excited about IPL 2025. Recently mega auction was also organized. In this event, teams placed big bets on many big star players and spent crores of rupees. England cricket team player Ben Stokes has broken his silence on not playing IPL and has given the reason.
Ben Stokes out of IPL due to new rules of IPL
England player Ben Stokes will not be able to play IPL due to the new rules of IPL. According to IPL rules, a player who has not registered himself for the mega auction cannot participate in the mini auction. In the recent auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a total of 52 England players were bid by the teams. However, Ben Stokes was out of this list. Let us tell you that Ben Stokes has given this statement to BBC Sport before the first match of England’s Test series against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Ben Stokes has given a big statement regarding why he did not give his name in the IPL auction. Ben Stokes said that there is still a lot of cricket. It is true that I am in the last phase of my career. I obviously want to play as much as I can. For this I have taken care of my body and it is also important to take care of myself as much as possible.
Ben Stokes further said that, giving priority to sports and when I play – obviously I am in South Africa this year and it is about what is ahead for me. Making the decision that I feel is right to be able to prolong my career as long as possible. Ben Stokes continued his talk and said, I want to wear this England shirt as long as possible. For me and this team, it is about moving forward match by match, series by series. If you find yourself in a situation where you are in the finals, that’s great. I don’t really remember if I ever spent any real time thinking about the World Test Championship. ,