England’s Ben Stokes on Thursday shared an image of himself packing his luggage on Instagram, captioning it as, “See you soon @chennaiipl.”
Stokes was signed by Chennai Super Kings within the mini-auction final yr for Rs 16.25 crore however there have been stories that he may not be with the franchise for the whole lot of the IPL to start out making ready for the Ashes.
Stokes can also be nursing a knee harm which he suffered in opposition to New Zealand and whereas Stokes is decided to play for Chennai, it’s understood {that a} clear image on his full availability will emerge solely after he makes it into the squad.
While Stokes has been requested to take a seat out the IPL, England coach Brendon McCullum believes that taking part in within the IPL is not going to jeopardize Stokes’ probabilities of taking part in within the Ashes.
“I do not suppose he’s jeopardizing it. Chennai’s set-up is great at taking care of their gamers and so they have an excellent medical workforce and he might be nicely sorted.
“The captain has a powerful thoughts and he is aware of the best way to do the best factor for the large moments. That’s his life, is not it? So I’m not apprehensive.’
The IPL will run from March 31 to May 28, whereas England’s first Test of the summer season begins in opposition to Ireland at Lord’s on June 1.
Chennai will open their marketing campaign in opposition to defending champions Gujarat Titans on March 31.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
