Ben Stokes has been bought by Chennai Super Kings at a whooping amount of 16.25 cr at the IPL Auction 2023. He became the third most expensive buy in the tournament after Sam Curran (18.50 cr) & Cameron Green ( 17.25 cr).
In his IPL career, Ben Stokes has played 42 innings and has accumulated 920 runs at an average of 25 and a strike rate of 134.5. He has two 100s and two 50s to his name with the highest score of 107.
Earlier, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green got sold to Mumbai Indians for the price of Rs 17.50 crore. Green has never appeared in IPL before and this will be his maiden season. In T20Is for Australia, Green has played 8 matches and scored 139 runs at a strike rate of 173.75. In 7 innings that he bowled, Green also has 5 wickets against his name.
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Sam Curran too, made all the right noises as the England all-rounder was sold for the most expensive price in the history of the tournament. In his IPL career so far, Curran has played 32 matches in which he has smashed 337 runs at a strike rate of 149.78. He has also scalped 32 wickets at an economy of 9.21.
Ben Stokes took to Twitter and posted an image signifying the acquisition.
