Ben Stokes opts not to enter IPL auction - The England Test captain will sit out the Twenty20 competition for the second year in succession.

Ben Stokes is missing from the list of 1574 players who have registered for the IPL 2025 mega auction to be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The long list of registered players, which will be pruned by the IPL after receiving input from the franchises,

With IPL teams officially announcing their player retention, the stage is set for the highly anticipated 2025 IPL Mega Auction. Big names like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Pat Cummins were retained by their respective franchises,