Stokes given nod to play in IPL

AFP, LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes will be eligible to play in the Indian Premier League despite still waiting to hear if he will be charged over an incident last year.

The 26-year-old has missed the ongoing Ashes series after being banned from international duty while police investigate his alleged role in a fight outside a nightclub in Bristol last September.

But he received the green light to go to India from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday, according to the BBC.

Stokes was recently granted a 'no objection certificate' to play for Canterbury in New Zealand, the land of his birth, though he cut short his stay there for “family reasons”.

And ECB chief executive Tom Harrison conceded it would be "difficult" to prevent him playing in the IPL.

 

Stokes given nod to play in IPL

AFP, LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes will be eligible to play in the Indian Premier League despite still waiting to hear if he will be charged over an incident last year. The 26-year-old has missed the ongoing Ashes series after being banned from international duty while police investigate his alleged role in a fight outside a nightclub in Bristol last September. But he received the green light to go to India from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday, according to the BBC. Stokes was recently granted a no objection certificate to play for Canterbury in New Zealand, the land of his birth, though he cut short his stay there for family reasons. And ECB chief executive Tom Harrison conceded it would be difficult to prevent him playing in the IPL.