'Mein to lootunga, mein to Englishman hun' - Fans react to Ben Stokes' unavailability for another week in IPL 2023

England and Chennai all-rounder Ben Stokes is unavailable for another week of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023. He has been unavailable since sustaining the heel injury ahead of the Mumbai Indians encounter early this month. Since then, the team has lost only one game and won three (excluding the win against Lucknow Super Giants). Meanwhile, after the win against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 21, head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed Ben Stokes' unavailability.

“Ben Stokes has suffered an injury setback and will be out for a week,” Fleming said in the post-match press conference after CSK beat SRH by seven wickets on Friday.

“Stokes, just a setback, I’m not gonna go into it, but it’s not major. It’s just he’s close. He’s working really hard to get right, can’t fault that at all. So, he just needs a little bit of luck,” he added.

Meanwhile, most of the fans aren't bothered much about Stokes' unavailability. After all, the four-time winners have played six and lost only twice in the tournament so far.

He’s a free loader anyways- IPL should get rid of such divas

— Kaustubh P (@Causticcos) April 22, 2023

Benstokes will der on Sunday 3:30 game #RCBvsRR

— TopGun (@AlphaQaLLL) April 22, 2023

Ben bhai pic.twitter.com/3ofE2vQnDL

— jetha hi🏆ler 🐦 (@sterns_haschen) April 22, 2023

It's ok... We have a good team, and it's hard for us to find a place for him in 11 as everyone is good

— CSK Fan (7) (@DhoniKaFan07) April 22, 2023

Biggest fraud 😏😏

He will be absent in KO he is absent in league matches

So why he took money just to come and eat the food ??

— Nishant (@133at_SL) April 22, 2023

Dhoni himself said advantage CSK 🤣 pic.twitter.com/kXgT0mBW7W

— ? (@bruce_kane1) April 22, 2023

No need.. Just give him 16 crore and send him back to England.. Also ban him to participate auction in the future... I never seen such a non-committal player in my life... No sportsmanship, No involvement,No hunger

— Steve Rodgers (@rageoffire4) April 22, 2023

So english men never stopped looting indians

— Nirav Gupta (@NiravGupta9) April 22, 2023

In jaise chor ko kyun khareedte hain
Last time RR ko chuna lagaya tha
4 match khelne mein maut aa jaati hai aur kehte Hain hum athlete hain

— Kisslay Jha🇮🇳 (@KisslayJha) April 22, 2023

Meanwhile csk fans hyped him a month ago before ipl and it ends up like this😭 pic.twitter.com/u4fviN3nYd

— *°* (@sammtwts_1309) April 22, 2023

I hope England would be tharshed left right and centre in this ashes for the fake injuries and pull out games their board is playing

— Swastik Dash (@Swastik_45) April 22, 2023

CSK will play two away games during Ben Stokes' unavailability

Meanwhile, the team will be on the road during Stokes' estimated unavailability. During the next week, the team will play Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 23. After this, they will play a reverse fixture against Rajasthan Royals on April 27. The last time CSK and RR met in Chepauk, the 2008 winners won by three runs.