Ben Stokes To Miss IPL 2024 Due To Workload And Fitness Management, Confirm CSK

Premier England all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the 2024 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of workload administration, his franchise Chennai Super Kings introduced on Thursday. Stokes had joined CSK forward of IPL 2023 however performed in solely two matches as he was managing a difficult knee damage all through the course of the two-month lengthy event. “England Test captain, all-rounder Ben Stokes has made himself unavailable for IPL 2024 to manage his workload and fitness,” CSK mentioned in a press release on their web site on Thursday.

“The Chennai Super Kings management is supportive of Ben in his decision to manage his workload with England playing a 5-Test series in India before the IPL and then the T20 World Cup in June 2024,” the assertion added.

CSK had acquired his companies with a bid worth of Rs 16.25 crore, making him the most expensive purchase of the franchise. Stokes had managed solely 15 runs and bowled one over in two matches in 2023, on condition that his energies have been targeted on preparing for the Ashes sequence which adopted quickly after.

Stokes got here out of retirement from ODI cricket however defending champions England endured a dismal World Cup marketing campaign, ending seventh in a 10-team factors desk.

The 32-year-old Stokes missed the primary three matches of the league stage however completed nicely with one century and two fifties in direction of the top.

However, Stokes didn’t bowl in any of the six World Cup video games.

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