April 2025 - News Digest

Ben Stokes' presence in Mumbai a couple of days ago raised widespread curiosity and speculation, with some social media posts even linking him to the Mumbai Indians franchise, as well as, for business related to the summer tour of England by the Indian team. There were even hints that he might join the franchise in the ongoing season.

The talk linking Stokes with the MI is untrue unmistakably as the England Test skipper cannot be part of the IPL in the current cycle as he did not enroll for the mega-auction. As per the latest BCCI/IPL rules, registering in the mega-auction is a necessity for participation in that particular three-year cycle of the IPL.

It has now emerged that the visit has nothing to do even with the upcoming England-India Test series either although he did answer a few questions from Nasser Hussain about the series.