Rajasthan Royals (RR) responded to a fan's request to trade England cricketer Ben Stokes to Mumbai Indians (MI). Stokes, who is popular among the fans, is rated among the best all-rounders in cricket.

MI are already a star-studded side with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya in the side. They look very dominant on the field, but the fan still wanted the England all-rounder in their side. 

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Rajasthan have retained the English trio of Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Jofra Archer. Responding to the fan's request to trade Stokes to Mumbai, RR said no through a gif.

Interestingly, the five-time IPL champions, Mumbai have had neck-to-neck encounters with Rajasthan. They have won 11 and lost an equal number of matches out of 23 clashes. 

Here is Rajasthan's list of players retained: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra.