BEN STOKES (ENG)

One player who piques interest every time he enters the IPL auction is England superstar Ben Stokes. He was the Most Valuable Player in his debut season in IPL 2017 where he made 316 runs and picked 12 wickets.

His record in the IPL has been very good with 920 runs and 28 wickets in 43 matches and he has two centuries to his name as well. He gave the IPL 2022 a miss due to workload issues.

IPL 2023: R Ashwin expects this franchise to go after Ben Stokes at the mini-auction

And now that he has shown interest in getting back into IPL, expect all the ten franchises trying to get the best all-rounder into their squad, no matter what price they pay for him in the IPL 2023 auction.