Stokes has attracted the interest of several teams after playing a key role in England’s T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year.
Ben Stokes was signed by CSK with Rs. He will fetch $1.625 billion at the IPL 2023 auction in Kochi on Friday.
Stokes has attracted the interest of several teams after playing a key role in England’s T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year. Stokes is now CSK’s highest-paid player to date, overtaking Deepak Chahar.
England all-rounder Stokes competed for his Rs 20 million. RCB he competed with RR before LSG submitted his Rs 700 crore bid. SRH also joined the fight shortly after, followed by CSK. The team led by MS Dhoni finally won his Stokes at Rs 16.25 crore. This is his third highest winnings ever achieved in the IPL.
Stokes is also a candidate for captain as the Super Kings explore leadership options for the post-Dhoni era.
Stokes went 52 unbeaten to lead the Three Lions to victory in the final against Pakistan at the MCG. A right-handed centre, he was also a pacer in the tournament, where he took 6 wickets and economy was 6.79.
The new season marks Stokes’ return to the IPL. Stokes was released by Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2022 Mega Auction. He eventually retired from the season. Apart from Royals, Stokes has represented the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant, which bought him for Rs 14.5 crore in 2017.
England international he played 43 games in the IPL, batting 134.50 he scored 920 runs. He selected his 28 wickets and his profitability was 8.56. He also boasts his IPL century undefeated, scoring his Supergiant in his Lions match against Gujarat in 2017.