IPL 2023 Auction: Many teams have an eye on Ben Stokes, England all-rounder will bid big in mini-auction
IPL 2023 Auction: IPL fair will be held in Kochi on 23 December. Where 10 teams will bid on many players. At the same time, the most underrated in the list of players for the auction is England captain Ben Stokes. All the teams are competing to buy those. It is being speculated that Ben Stokes may get the highest bid in this auction (IPL 2023 Mini Auction), however, which team will include this English player in their camp, will be known only in the future.
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IPL 2023 Auction: Many teams have an eye on Ben Stokes
Lucknow Super Giants–
First on this list is KL Rahul’s team Lucknow Super Giants, who will hope to win the match by including Stokes in their team. Lucknow is after the skills of the all-rounder who currently has Rs 23.35 crore in his purse. Because of this, he has already released Jason Holder to target Ben Stokes. At the same time, Team India’s best spinner R Ashwin has also said that Lucknow will do its best to include Ben Stokes in its team. Ashwin had said that LSG will definitely come down for Ben Stokes. Will go for other players only if they don’t find them.
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Chennai Super Kings-
MS Dhoni’s team Chennai Super Kings is eyeing him. CSK will definitely target Ben Stokes. The franchise is eyeing some good players, last season was abysmal for CSK. The reason why he wants that this time he should come on the field with an army of brilliant players under the captaincy of Dhoni.
Mumbai Indians-
Fifth-time title winners Mumbai Indians will bid on Stokes with the intention of winning the title once again. The Mumbai team needs a great all-rounder, due to which they will make the biggest bid to buy Stokes.
Punjab kings-
Punjab Kings have Rs 3.45 crore left in their purse. At the same time, after removing Mayank Agarwal from the captaincy, Punjab has given the responsibility of captaincy to Shikhar Dhawan. This time the team has made many changes. The team has to win the trophy but if Stokes joins Punjab then his dream of years can come true.
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Sunrise Hyderabad-
The biggest purse at this time is of Sunrisers Hyderabad. On the other hand, Ben Stokes was the most expensive sold in IPL 2017 earlier. Hyderabad will make the biggest bid to buy this left-handed all-rounder. Hyderabad released Kane Williams this year, now he has an eye on Ben Stokes. There is a shortage of players in Hyderabad and there is also a shortage of all-rounders, due to which they can bet on Ben Stokes and include them in their team.