Ben Stokes, IPL 2023: Before the start of IPL 2023, all the teams are engaged in preparations. Foreign players present in the team are also joining their respective franchises. Meanwhile, England's star all-rounder Ben Stokes has also joined Chennai Super Kings after reaching India. Stokes was included in the team by Chennai in the 2022 mini auction by paying a price of 16.25 crores. He started practising before IPL. A video has been shared by Chennai Super Kings, in which Stokes is seen hitting sixes.
Beautiful sixes
A video of Ben Stokes was shared from the official Twitter handle of CSK. In this video, you can see that Stokes is hitting sixes one after the other. It can be seen in the video that Stokes shot in a very beautiful style and his same beautiful and classy style was seen in the second shot as well. Both the shots of Stokes were being made on sight.
Both his shots showed that he is in great form. In the final of the T20 World Cup played in 2022, Stokes played a match-winning inning for his team. He hit the fast bowler for the first six. At the same time, he hit the second six on the throwdown specialist.
Stokes' IPL career has been like this so far
Ben Stokes will once again be a part of the tournament in IPL 2023. Stokes has played a total of 43 matches in his IPL career so far. Batting in 42 innings of these matches, he scored 920 runs at an average of 25.56 and a strike rate of 134.5. In this, he has scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. In this, his high score has been 107 runs. While bowling in 37 innings, he has taken 28 wickets at an average of 34.79. During this, his economy has been 8.56.
