England all-rounder Ben Stokes is about to hitch his Indian Premier League facet Rajasthan Royals after lacking the primary two weeks of the Twenty20 match, the staff stated on Saturday. Royals tweeted an image of their star participant on a flight after asking a query, “How lengthy does it take from Christchurch to UAE (United Arab Emirates)?”. Captain Steve Smith was pleased to listen to of Stokes’ arrival at Royals, the place he’ll be part of countrymen Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Tom Curran.
“Ben (Stokes) is a high quality participant, provides to our squad as soon as he is arrives,” Smith stated through the toss for Saturday’s IPL match with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
New Zealand-born Stokes was in Christchurch together with his ailing father, who has been battling most cancers, and pulled out of the Pakistan Check sequence in August.
Stokes, 29, put up an image together with his household on Instagram on Friday with a caption, “goodbyes by no means get simpler”.
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Stokes began practising for his IPL stint final month with a crimson ball on the Sydenham Cricket Membership in Christchurch as he posted a video on social media saying, “Fallacious color ball however coaching’s coaching”
The star participant should bear a six-day quarantine within the UAE, in accordance with the IPL guidelines, earlier than being obtainable for choice within the Smith-led squad.
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