Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings became the first team to reach the finals. In the first qualifier played on Tuesday, CSK achieved this position by defeating Gujarat Titans by 15 runs. However, before the final, a bad news has come to the fore for Chennai Super Kings. CSK’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes will not be seen playing in the final match as well.
CSK had bet on Ben Stokes in the auction with great hope. CSK bought Ben Stokes by paying a huge amount of Rs 16.25 crore. But this bet of CSK proved to be a flop. Ben Stokes took part in only two matches this season. In these two matches, Ben Stokes could not show anything amazing with the bat and he scored only 15 runs. Due to injury, it was already clear that Ben Stokes would not bowl.
Ben Stokes returned to England due to an increase in injury last week. It is now clear that Ben Stokes will not return to India for the final match. It is not clear whether CSK will retain Ben Stokes for next year or not.
Bad record for Stokes
In the last few years, the record of Ben Stokes’ participation in IPL has been very bad. Last year, Ben Stokes was not even available for purchase. In 2021, Stokes played only one match for Rajasthan Royals. After which Rajasthan decided to release him.
Even in 2020, Ben Stokes played only 8 matches for Rajasthan Royals. In the 6-year career of IPL, Ben Stokes has played only 45 matches. Although Ben Stokes has managed to score two centuries even in so few matches. For this reason, teams have been buying him every time in the auction by paying a huge amount.
