Tag Archives: Ben Stokes

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming is quite clear about the upcoming IPL season as he wants his players to play really well after last year’s debacle in the cash-rich league.CSK finished ninth in the 10-team tournament in 2022 after clinching the title in 2021.Fleming is …

[ad_1] LONDON: England Test captain Ben Stokes has hit out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for not paying enough attention to scheduling, adding that the rising popularity of domestic T20 leagues across the world is threatening the existence of the longest format of the game.Stokes, who led his side …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) spent the third highest amount for a single player at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction on Friday when they bought England’s high-profile all-rounder Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore. And if expert opinion is to be believed, it’s a move to pass …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings management, known for its practicality and prudence, pulled off a coup by buying England Test captain and world’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes in what looks like a leadership succession plan as and when Mahendra Singh Dhoni decides to hang his boots.Mumbai Indians, a team …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The 10 franchises went out on a shopping spree as the Indian Premier League 2023 auction turned out to be a record-breaking affair in Kochi on Friday.International players, the all-rounders in particular, laughed their way to the banks as the franchise owners shelled out millions, without any …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: England all-rounder Sam Curran took home a big pile of cash as he became the biggest buy ever at the Indian Premier League auction on Friday. The 24-year-old Curran, who was Player of the Series in 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia was bought by Punjab Kings …

[ad_1] KOCHI: It’s time again for the 10 IPL franchises to shell out some serious money to bolster their squads ahead of the next season. The IPL mini-auctions are here and this time the venue is a non-IPL centre, Kochi.Unlike last year’s mega auctions, this is a smaller affair with …

[ad_1] MUMBAI: In a good news for franchises and their fans in India, top English and Australian stars like Ben Stokes, Cameron Green and Sam Curran are set to be available for almost the entire duration of IPL 2023.As per a communication (TOI has a copy) sent by the BCCI …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: West Indian T20 legend Chris Gayle has put his money on Englishman Sam Curran ahead of his countrymate Ben Stokes, Australia’s Cameron Green and India’s Mayank Agarwal in the Friday’s IPL mini-auction in Kochi.Gayle backed England all-rounder to be the most expensive player in the history of …

[ad_1] KARACHI: International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Geoff Allardice is keen to see more Test cricket being played in Pakistan following the successful completion of the three-match series against the Ben Stokes-led England.The three matches, played in Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi, saw spectators give a huge thumbs up to Test …