Ben Stokes shares a mysterious post after being picked by Chennai in Indian T20 League auction
The Indian T20 League mini-auction on Friday filled the pockets of several cricketers as they got sold for a huge amount of money. The much-anticipated all-rounders set gave the top three most expensive buys ever in the history of the tournament. One of those was the star England all-rounder Ben Stokes who got sold for a whopping 16.25 crores to Chennai. After being picked by the second most successful franchise of the tournament, Stokes shared a special post on his social media handles.
The all-rounder took to Twitter and shared a complete yellow image to mark his arrival in the Chennai team. He even got a reply from the official handle of Chennai which wrote ‘#Yellove All.!’
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) December 23, 2022
Stokes is now the most expensive player ever for Chennai surpassing Deepak Chahar who was bought for 14 crores in the 2022 mega auction. He made himself unavailable for the mega auction of the Indian T20 League 2022 to play in the county championship and prepare for the home season.
The two-time World Cup winner made his Indian T20 League debut in 2017 playing for the now-defunct Pune franchise. The all-rounder had a remarkable debut season where he scored 316 runs at an average of 31.60 and a strike rate of 142.98. He also picked up 12 wickets with the ball in the season at an average of 26.33 and an economy of 7.18.
Owing to his stupendous performance in his debut season, Stokes was the most expensive player at the 2018 mega auction, signing an INR 12.5 crore deal with Rajasthan. He has scored 920 runs in 43 matches in his Indian T20 League career at an average of 25.56 and a strike rate of 134.50. He has scored two hundreds and two fifties so far in his career.
The 31-year-old has also picked up 28 wickets at an average of 34.79 and an economy of 8.56.
Last month, Stokes scored an unbeaten 52 in the final of the 20-20 World Cup 2022 to guide England to victory against Pakistan at the MCG. The right-arm medium pacer also picked six wickets with an economy of 6.79 in the tournament. At Chennai, Stokes will reunite with legendary MS Dhoni with whom he played in Pune in 2017.
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