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Ben Stokes in IPL 2023 (Image Credit: Twitter)
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has opted to sit out of the IPL 2024 to manage his fitness and workload. In the last few months, he has been facing fitness issues. During the Ashes 2023 in June and July this year, Stokes played as a batter. Even when the left-hander came out of retirement to play in the ODI World Cup 2023, he did the same.
Meanwhile, ahead of the IPL 2024, the two-time World Cup winner has decided to pull out of the 17th season of the tournament. In a statement released by CSK on their website, it says that the five-time winners are supportive of Ben's decision. Notably, the New Zealand-born was released by the franchise.
"England Test captain, all-rounder Ben Stokes has made himself unavailable for IPL 2024 to manage his workload and fitness. Stokes, 32, became a part of the Super Kings ahead of the successful IPL 2023. He recently participated in the ODI World Cup 2023, which he came out of retirement for. 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," CSK said in a statement.
For me, the main thing is getting this knee right: Ben Stokes
The England Test skipper will go through a knee surgery to prepare himself for the five-match Test series against India next year.
"I've put a lot of hard work in away from cricket to give myself the best chance of a quicker recovery and, with Christmas and everything coming up, the main thing for me is getting this knee right and being ready and raring to go for that Test series in India," Stokes had said after England's last game at the World Cup.
This is how Twitter reacted
Soo csk cooking something to buy rachin ravindra pic.twitter.com/D2QlusNY1i
— World Hall of Fun (@WorldHallOfFun) November 23, 2023
No body will buy this fraud even if place his name in IPL auction pic.twitter.com/TF0lj216f5
— World Hall of Fun (@WorldHallOfFun) November 23, 2023
Pakistani fans "Ben Stokes will miss IPL, such a good decision "
— Ash (@Ashsay_) November 23, 2023
But he will not play PSL 🤣🤣
Ben Stokes make the right decision, instead of warming CSK bench, it's better to enjoy holiday 😅
CSK is better off without spending 16 crores on him. And when Stokes is not playing ODIs anymore, what type of workload we're talking about?
— Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) November 23, 2023
He was hurt by CSK release and Word Cup loss. He needs free time😟
— Manu (@virat_facts) November 23, 2023
Just another britisher who robbed Indian money
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) November 23, 2023
Miss you Ben Stokes pic.twitter.com/xtltIv74Dx
— Abhishek Ojha (@vicharabhio) November 23, 2023
Which means CSK will win it again in 2024 since we didn’t play him much in 2023 😉
— Ajay AJ (@AjayTweets07) November 23, 2023
Workload management is crucial in professional sports. Ben Stokes opting out of IPL 2024 reflects the emphasis on player well-being. It'll be interesting to see how teams adapt to such changes in their line-ups.
— World Hall of Fun (@WorldHallOfFun) November 23, 2023
No loss for #csk pic.twitter.com/ccEfAFYGUP
— White knight 🦇 (@santhoshtiger14) November 23, 2023