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IPL 2023 Auction: Why Chennai Super Kings broke their bank for Ben Stokes?

By Gilless Mischler
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CSK
have
now
added
the
England
captain
to
their
ranks,
thus
reuniting
him
with
former
India
captain
MS
Dhoni.
He
has
become
the

3rd
most
expensive
buy
in
IPL
history.

Stokes
had
previous
exposure
to
IPL
under
MS
Dhoni
when
the
pair
used
to
play
for
now-defunct
IPL
side
Rising
Pune
Supergiants.
In
the
two
seasons
that
the
former
franchise
played,
they
played
an
IPL
final
where
they
lost
against
Mumbai
Indians.

Ben
Stokes
took
part
in
the
auction
after
missing
out
the
IPL
2022.
Stokes,
a
perennial
performer
for
England
across
all
formats,
was
expected
to
fetch
a
big
amount
in
the
auction
table.

He
played
for
Rajasthan
Royals
in
the
most
recent
IPL.
The
elite
all-rounder
has
been
a
top
performer
for
the
English
side.
His
hard-hitting
and
ability
to
finish
matches,
coupled
with
excellent
bowling
prowess
was
always
a
lucrative
incentive
for
the
CSK
to
go
berserk
at
the
auction
table.

Stokes
will
add
a
lot
of
firepower
to
the
CSK
squad
and
the
main
reasons
as
CSK
went
for
him
are-

Stokes
playing
style
suits
CSK:

Ben
Stokes
is
a
fantastic
player
in
slow
pitches,
the
kind
of
pitch
that
is
generally
the
tradition
at
the
Chidambaram
Stadium,
home
of
Chennai
Super
Kings.
He
is
also
a
fantastic
batter
against
spin
bowling,
which
will
bolster
the
Chennai
middle-order
big
time.

A
future
Captain
for
CSK:

With
MS
Dhoni’s
potential
retirement
in
the
coming
years,
Ben
Stokes
will
surely
be
a
future
captain
prospect
for
CSK.
Given
Dhoni
may
hang
his
gloves
next
year
or
the
year
after
that,
Ben
Stokes
will
be
the
perfect
candidate
to
be
his
successor.
And
that
is
perhaps
one
of
the
main
reasons
CSK
broke
the
bank
for
him.
Also
he
has
played
with
Dhoni
in
the
past,
which
is
an
added
bonus.

Ben
Stokes
a
perfect
replacement
for
Dwayne
Bravo:

Ben
Stokes
will
be
a
perfect
replacement
for
CSK
stalwart
Dwayne
Bravo,
who
retired
from
the
IPL
this
year.
Bravo
has
been
a
heavy
performer
for
the
Chennai
outfit
with
both
ball
and
bat
over
the
years.
With
Stokes’ arrival,
CSK
have
filled
a
huge
gap.

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