England’s Test skipper Ben Stokes is likely to miss IPL 2025 due to the arrival of more games in England’s packed red and white ball series. As stated earlier, sources from British media have indicated that Stokes will most probably give IPL a miss in the next auctions as the player aims at the England cricket matches against top teams, India and Australia. Stokes was rested from England’s limited over series against Australia and New Zealand due to the management of workload by the ECB in the upcoming year, and the player has a history of workload issues.
Ben Stokes Prioritizes Tests Over IPL 2025
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Ben Stokes last played IPL in 2023 for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), where his franchise paid him the highest, but he could play for only a few games because of his injuries. He parted ways with it fully during the event of IPL 2024, and the recent change of rule in IPL is that the players who withdraw may get a year’s ban. Therefore, many anticipate Stokes to be weary. This rule looks set to counter challenges experienced when several England players, such as Harry Brook and Jos Buttler, left the league in the last season, meaning their franchises would be affected.
This means that their upcoming cricket schedule in 2025 will include a marquee Test series that will be a part of the build-up to the WTC. Taking into account the physical conditioning required before the international cricket series, not to speak of the series themselves, Ben Stokes’s non-participation in the IPL could be viewed as an instance of a more general phenomenon of England players’ twisting of league and national-team interests. His decision indicates support for his captaincy in the five-Test team, which would allow England to perform better in the year’s most important events.
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