- The name of a player close to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is not there, which is quite surprising. Because he is a very legendary player. Also, if he had come in the auction, Chennai would have definitely placed a bet on him.
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CSK: The date of the mega auction of IPL 2024 has been announced. The mega auction will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 1574 players have registered their names in this. The name of a player close to Chennai Super Kings is not in this list, which is quite surprising. Because he is a very legendary player. Also, if he had come in the auction, Chennai would have definitely bet on him once. Now let’s know who this player is.
CSK player betrayed the team
Let us tell you that there are 1165 Indian players in the registered list of IPL 2025, while there are 409 foreign players. The name of Ben Stokes, who last played for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), was not included in these foreign players, which is quite surprising. Because Ben Stokes is one of the most loved all-rounders in world cricket. In such a situation, if he had come to the auction, there would have definitely been a bid on him. Also, he would have been sold at a very high price. But he has not registered his name for the mega auction
Ben Stokes did not register himself for the mega auction
However, there is no official information about why Ben Stokes has not registered his name in the IPL 2025 mega auction. But according to media reports, Stokes has not registered his name due to workload management. It is known that Stokes was last seen playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
He was signed by Chennai for 16 crores in 2023. But he could play only two matches in the season and was ruled out due to injury. After that he did not play in the next season. He will not play this time as well. However, it is clear that the England Test captain has not registered his name in the mega auction. He is also not going to be seen in the IPL next year.
Ben Stokes will not be able to play the next season of IPL
It is worth noting that before this all mega auction, BCCI has made a rule according to which if any foreign player does not submit his name in the mega auction, his name will not appear in the mini auction either. BCCI has done this in the greed of selling foreign players for more money in the mini auction.
Let us tell you that often foreign players leave IPL after being bought by teams because they are not sold for more money. BCCI has made a rule to stop them, according to which if a player does this, he will have to face a two-year IPL ban.