Ex-Chennai Super Kings Star To Pay Heavy Price Following His Decision To Skip IPL 2025 Mega Auctions

IPL 2025 Mega Auctions: Indian Premier League's buzz has skyrocketed after anuncement of player retentions. re were a few surprises in likes of Rishabh Pant , KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer t being retained by ir respective franchises, but this has made IPL Mega Auctions thing but more interesting. IPL governing council had allowed only six retentions just to ensure that maximum number of players enter auction pool. Franchises like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings surprised ir critics by retaining ir stalwarts Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni .

Ben Stokes To Miss Two Consecutive IPL Seasons

English Test captain and one of main architects of 'Bazball', Ben Stokes has been dealing with loads of injury issues. Stokes was last seen in IPL 2023 while representing MS Dhoni 's Chennai Super Kings . As far as Stokes' 2023 IPL season goes, batting all-rounder remained injured for majority of season which forced him to remain on bench.

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Playing Test cricket is joke and it takes a huge toll on a player's body. English Test skipper Stokes in past has been vocal about prioritizing Test cricket above anything else. Considering fact that England host India right after IPL 2025 for a five-match Test series, skipper Stokes has decided to give IPL 2025 mega auctions a miss. But his decision will have a huge repercussion considering new auction rules that IPL governing council and BCCI have in place.

According to new rules introduced by BCCI, if any overseas player, capped or uncapped, doesn't register himself for mega auctions, n he won't be eligible to enter auction pool in following year's player auction. This means that Stokes will t feature in IPL in 2026 too.

BCCI Anunces Dates For IPL 2025 Mega Auctions

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on vember 5 confirmed date and venue for much-awaited IPL 2025 mega auctions. mega auctions will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on vember 24 and vember 25. A total of 1574 players have registered for event which includes one player from Italy too.