Ben Stokes CSK: England Test captain Ben Stokes will be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. He is also being considered as the next captain of CSK. If MS Dhoni retires after IPL 2023, then Stokes is at the forefront of the captaincy race. Seeing his efficient leadership, batting and bowling ability, CSK bought him in the auction by spending a huge amount of 16.25 crores. But Ben Stokes will not bowl in IPL 2023. This is a big blow for CSK. This will have a great impact on Dhoni's team. It has become clear that Ben Stokes will play as a batsman in the 16th season of IPL.
Lack of bowling options
With Ben Stokes not bowling in the Indian Premier League 2023, CSK will lack bowling options. He could have been at least the sixth option for Chennai Super Kings. He is an effective medium pacer bowler. CSK has included Ben Stokes in the team as an alternative to Dwayne Bravo. Apart from being a medium-pace bowler, Bravo also used to score fast runs in the lower middle order. To date, no bowler has been able to take more wickets than Bravo in one season of IPL. CSK had similar hopes from Ben Stokes. But Ben Stokes, not bowling will have a big impact on the team.
Teams with all-rounders will be successful
Teams with all-rounders are more successful in IPL. Due to this, teams have more bowling options. CSK has all-rounders like Moin Ali, Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dubey. All of them are capable of batting and bowling. If Ben Stokes was also bowling, the team would have had more variety. In such a situation, 7-8 bowling options would have been available with Chennai. So many options in bowling could have overshadowed any team during the match. But Stokes not bowling in IPL 2023 has left a crack in Chennai's bowling attack.
