IPL 2025: Ben Stokes will withdraw his name from the mega auction, big reason revealed
Ben Stokes (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) England Test captain Ben Stokes is probably planning to withdraw his name from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega-auction to give greater priority to England’s Test cricket. He did not name his name in the IPL 2024 auction to focus on the Ashes. Star all-rounder Stokes played his last IPL match in 2023. Stokes played only two matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that season. CSK had bought Stokes in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 16.25 crore but he could not play most of the matches due to injury. Now once again Stokes can withdraw his name from IPL to focus on the upcoming series of England. Ben Stokes can now withdraw his name from the mega auction of IPL 2025 According to The Telegraph report, Stokes not being named in the IPL 2025 mega auction means that he is considering focusing completely on white-ball cricket. He last played T20 International in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, the 33-year-old all-rounder returned in the ODI World Cup 2023 after retiring from ODI cricket. He has indicated to play ODI again. Ben Stokes has a very busy schedule in 2025. England are scheduled to play home and away Test series against India and Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. As an all-rounder, it is very important to manage Stokes’ workload. He has recently made a comeback after injury. In such a situation, it is very important for the England team to remain fit. The 33-year-old player has played 43 IPL matches so far and has scored 974 runs and taken 28 wickets at an average of 34.79 and economy of 34.79 respectively. The last date of registration for IPL Mega Auction is Sunday (November 3). One reason for Stokes’ withdrawal from the auction is also believed to be the special rules of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for foreign players.
‘We were not able to meet the challenges in the last two matches’ Ben Stokes after the Test series defeat against Pakistan
Pakistan defeated England by 9 wickets in the third Test to win the Test series 2-1. Ben Stokes (Image Credit- Twitter X) After winning the first match of the three-match Test series against Pakistan by 47 runs, England have lost the remaining two matches. The third match of this series between Pakistan and England was played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. After Pakistan won the match by 9 wickets, the host team has won the Test series 2-1. So this is a very shameful defeat for England, because in the year 2022, England had defeated Pakistan 3-0 in their own home. After the defeat in this series, English captain Ben Stokes has given a big statement. Ben Stokes gave a big statement after losing the test series Let us tell you that after losing the series 2-1 against Pakistan, during the post match, Stokes was quoted by Cricbuzz as saying – Losing the game and losing the series is disappointing. We were not able to face challenges in the last two matches, credit for this goes to Pakistan. Moving forward, we will strive to meet the challenges we face. After some time we will play against New Zealand. Stokes further said- This summer ended late, the players worked really hard, but when you get out there, everything is different. You can just work hard. Whether you do well or not, you try to bring positivity in the team. No matter the outcome of the match, there were individual performances from some players, and there is certainly a lot to be learned from it. You pay attention to that, and notice, Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir are playing cricket here in front of their families. This is a big thing for them. They are two incredible cricketers who are just starting their careers. So, this is a big deal for them.
Ben Stokes Wicket: Went to hit a six, the bat left his hand, and then Rizwan blew the bails, watch video
Ben Stokes scored 37 runs in the second innings of the second test against Pakistan. PAK vs ENG, 2nd Test: Ben Stokes Wicket (Photo Source: Ben Stokes Wicket Video: The second match of the Test series between Pakistan and England was played in Multan from 15 October. The host team bounced back after an embarrassing defeat in the first match and registered a spectacular win by 152 runs in the second test, after which the series is now level at 1-1. Let us tell you, Pakistan has won a test match at home for 1348 days. Meanwhile, the manner in which English captain Ben Stokes was out in the second innings is making headlines on social media. Ben Stokes got dodged by Noman Ali’s ball The 28th over of England’s second innings was bowled by Noman Ali. Noman Ali dodged Ben Stokes on the second ball of the over. The English captain tried to hit a six by going ahead of the crease, but his balance got disturbed, the bat went out of his hand and he missed the ball. By the time Stokes returned to the crease, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan had already taken the wickets. Ben Stokes looked quite surprised after getting out like this and the fans were also surprised. In the second innings, Stokes scored 37 runs in 36 balls with the help of 4 fours. Ben Stokes Wicket: Watch video here- Ben stokes gone😭😭😭😭😭❤️#PAKvsENG pic.twitter.com/P0bH7jF4RM — Najaf ali⁵⁶ 🙋♂️ (@NajafAli56) October 18, 2024 By dismissing Ben Stokes, Noman Ali gave the seventh blow to England at the score of 125. After this, the lower order batsmen could not show anything special. England team was all out for 144 runs while chasing the target of 297 runs. In the second innings, Noman Ali took 8 wickets for 46 runs in 16.3 overs for Pakistan. At the same time, Sajid Khan had two wickets in his name. Talking about the performance of both in the first innings, Sajid Khan took 7 wickets and Noman Ali took three wickets. All the credit for Pakistan’s victory goes to these two bowlers.
LLC 2024: 42 year old Ben Laughlin took an incredible catch by jumping in the air, even young players will be stunned to see it.
Martin Guptill failed to score big in the final and was out after scoring 27 runs in 25 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. LLC Final 2024 (Pic Source-X) Currently, the final match of Legends League Cricket is being played between Southern Super Stars and Konark Surya Odisha at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar. In this important match, Konark Surya Odisha won the toss and decided to bowl first. During the match, Konark Surya, Odisha’s legendary fast bowler Ben Laughlin took an incredible catch of Martin Guptill by jumping in the air. Even Martin Guptill himself was surprised to see this catch of Ben Laughlin. Let us tell you that Ben Laughlin has bowled very well for Konark Surya Odisha so far in this tournament. Not only this, he won the hearts of all the fans by taking this excellent catch in the final. All this was seen in the 11th over of the Southern Super Stars innings. Konark Surya Odisha’s swashbuckling captain Irfan Pathan bowled a brilliant ball to Martin Guptill. Martin Guptill tried to hit this ball hard. The ball also hit the bat very well and started moving towards the boundary very fast. Ben Laughlin was standing near the boundary line and he started running fast to catch the ball. Let us tell you that Ben Laughlin is 42 years old but despite that he caught an incredible catch by jumping in the air. Martin Guptill failed to score big in the final and was out after scoring 27 runs in 25 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Here’s the video: Ohh Bhaiii….#SSSvKSO #BossLogonKaGame #LegendsKaJalwa #LLCT20 #LLCSeason3 #Srinagar pic.twitter.com/Kd0TMlWxYE —Legends League Cricket (@llct20) October 16, 2024 So far, both the teams have performed well in Legends League Cricket 2024. Apart from Martin Guptill, wicketkeeper batsman Srivastava Goswami also could not play valuable innings for his team in the final match and returned back to the pavilion without opening the account. Pawan Negi scored 33 runs. Konark Surya All the players of Odisha are in excellent form at the moment and the Southern Super Stars also know this very well. This final is going to be very exciting. Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL: You will be shocked to know the net worth of these 5 star players of Mumbai Indians. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs
PAK vs ENG: Ben Duckett’s bat spoke fiercely in Multan, the host bowlers showed great class
On the second day of the game, England’s best batsman Ben Duckett batted brilliantly and scored an important century for his team. Ben Duckett (Pic Source-X) The second test between Pakistan and England has started at Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. On the second day of the game, England’s best batsman Ben Duckett batted brilliantly and scored an important century for his team. Let us tell you that in the second test, Pakistan scored 366 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings. In his Test debut for the team, Kamran Ghulam batted brilliantly and played a valuable inning of 118 runs. Due to the century innings of Kamran Ghulam, Pakistan made a very good score in the second test against England. Apart from Kamran Ghulam, Sam Ayub scored 77 runs with the help of seven fours while Mohammad Rizwan contributed 41 runs. Aamer Jamal scored 37 runs while Salman Agha played an inning of 31 runs. In reply, due to Ben Duckett’s century, England also made a comeback in the match. Ben Duckett did not spare any bowler of Pakistan and hit hard against all of them. This is Ben Duckett’s fourth century in international Test cricket. Apart from Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope played an inning of 29 runs for England while Joe Root contributed 34 runs. Zak Crawley once again failed to score big and was out on a personal score of 27 runs. England is ahead 1-0 in the three-match Test series Let us tell you that England is currently leading 1-0 in the three-match Test series. In the first Test match, in the unavailability of Ben Stokes, England performed brilliantly and defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs. Now in this second test also, the England team would definitely like to perform brilliantly and register a win. England still has many batsmen who can play important innings for their team. Ben Duckett has 4 50s & 2 100s in just 8 Test innings against Pakistan 🔥#PakistanCricket , #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/m4pbaROh9x — Cricket Pakistan Army (@iconicpct) October 16, 2024 well played Ben Duckett.. you deserve that 100, now lets convert 100 into the big 150 ahead — Aatif – An Astrologer 🎭🏹 (@AatifAstro) October 16, 2024 Harry Brook, Ben Duckett & Joe Root have become the 3rd, 4th & 5th highest run scorers in Multan in tests. pic.twitter.com/Gld2GabvRi — Cric mania (@Cric_craziness) October 16, 2024 Ben Duckett averages 90.7 in Test cricket against Pakistan 🥶#PAKvENG #INDvNZ #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/DS5VIW1CZB — kuldeep singh (@kuldeep0745) October 16, 2024 Ben Duckett’s rapid ascent to 2000 Test runs in terms of balls faced is a testament to his aggressive batting style. — BabarAzamfans (@babarazam0111) October 16, 2024 Ben Duckett is now the quickest to 2000 Test runs in terms of ball faced 🥇 Tim Southee, though 😮 pic.twitter.com/8Dneiur2GX — Sport360° (@Sport360) October 16, 2024 Ben Duckett brings up his 4️⃣th Test hundred! ✅ Second Test hundred against Pakistan.✅ Second Test hundred in Pakistan.✅ Third Test hundred away from home.✅ Second Test hundred in 2024.#PAKvsENG , #PakistanCricket , #WTC25 pic.twitter.com/mCE8ZF9335…
PAK vs ENG: Ollie Pope’s win percentage is better than mine: Ben Stokes praised the captaincy of the young player
According to Ben Stokes, in his unavailability, Ollie Pope captained brilliantly in the first Test matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Olie Pope and Ben Stokes. (Photo Source: Twitter) England Test team captain Ben Stokes has praised the captaincy of stand-in captain Ollie Pope. According to Ben Stokes, in his unavailability, Ollie Pope captained brilliantly in the first Test matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Let us tell you that due to injury, Ben Stokes could not participate in the last four Test matches and in his place the England Test team was captained by Ollie Pope. However, now Ben Stokes is making a comeback in the second Test against Pakistan to be played in Multan. Under the captaincy of Ollie Pope, England defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 at home and the English team also won against Pakistan. Speaking on Sky Sports before the second Test match, Ben Stokes said, ‘A young player who has got a lot of experience, he has done excellent batting as well as captaincy in the top order. This will be a great thing for them in the long run. Pope’s winning percentage is even better than mine. They have won three out of four tests. Very happy that he achieved all this while I was injured. I never had any doubts about Ollie Pope’s batting and he has also won my heart with his captaincy. Ben Stokes praised the English team fiercely Ben Stokes further said, ‘When you are on the field, you get very few opportunities. However, when you are outside the team, you realize that all the players are performing tremendously. I am very happy with my team. He has won many important matches with strong performance. No individual player is bigger than the team and the thing I have seen is that all 11 players have performed tremendously on the cricket field. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players
There’s plenty of time for someone else to break Joe Root’s Test record: Ben Stokes
Recently, Root has become the player who has scored the most test runs for England. Ben Stokes and Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter X) Veteran batsman Joe Root has recently overtaken former England captain Alastair Cook in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Root achieved this feat on the third day of the first Test match against Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium. As soon as Root scored 71 runs in the match, he became the first player from England to score the highest runs in Test cricket. Before Root, Cook had scored a total of 12472 runs while playing 161 Test matches for England. But it took only 147 matches for Root to leave this figure behind. Apart from this, Root has now reached 5th position in terms of scoring most runs in Test cricket. He is just 816 runs behind former Indian player Rahul Dravid (13288), who is at fourth place. On the other hand, after Root made this great record, England’s Test captain and all-rounder Ben Stokes has given a big statement. Stokes says that people have a lot of time to break his record. Ben Stokes gave a big statement regarding Joe Root Let us tell you that after Joe Root made this record, Ben Stokes while talking to ECB said – Yes, I have played a lot of cricket with Joe Root. And have played against him a lot too. We have grown up together. To score so many runs you would think that he would have to be a little selfish as a player, but not so, he is completely dedicated to the team. Stokes further said- From my perspective when I saw how many centuries Joe Root has scored and how many matches we have won. Were we over or under the line because of his century, but when I look at him he is like a stick. The selflessness that he possesses is an incredible quality. He always puts the team first. The fact is that he has scored so many runs and there is plenty of time for someone else to break his record. He is an incredible player.
Sam Curran makes shocking statement after being ignored as Ben Stokes’ Test replacement
Sam Curran is very disappointed that even after the injury of Test team captain Ben Stokes this summer, the team management has not included him in the Test team. BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – JANUARY 18: Sam Curran of England bowls during day two of the match between West Indies Board XI and England at the Three Ws Oval on January 18, 2019 in Bridgetown, Barbados. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) England’s experienced all-rounder Sam Curran is quite disappointed that despite the injury to Test team captain Ben Stokes this summer, the team management has not included him in the Test team. According to the brilliant all-rounder, he will once again be seen performing strongly in the upcoming white-ball tour against West Indies. Let us tell you that in the T20 World Cup 2022, England performed brilliantly and won the trophy of this magnificent tournament in which Sam Curran played an important role in the victory of his team. Sam Curran was awarded the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament awards in the final. This experienced player has left his mark in franchise cricket also. Sam Curran told TalkSports, ‘I won’t lie to you. When Ben Stokes got injured, I thought that I would return to the Test team. A few weeks ago, I met Director of Cricket Rob Key and we discussed important things, including my return to the Test team. I pray that I am included in the Test team again as soon as possible: Sam Curran Let us tell you that Sam Curran played his last Test match against India in August 2021. Since then he has not been included in the Test team. Sam Curran himself is eagerly waiting for him to be included in the Test team as soon as possible. Sam Curran further said, ‘My aim is that now I can make a comeback in the England team and this can happen only if I score runs continuously and take wickets for my team. I just want my team to win the match. I also want to play an important role in winning the Ashes and Champions Trophy. I have to prove myself and perform tremendously in the coming few months. IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain these 6 players Rishabh Pant turns 27, take a look at his special records in cricket- The bowler who took the most wickets for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players