The English all-rounder is reportedly missing from the official list of 1574 players to go under the hammer at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Read below.

Under new rules announced by the IPL last month, it also means that Stokes will not be eligible to play in the 2026 competition

The list also features an unusual entrant, Italy’s Thomas Draca, who played in the Global T20 Canada and was recently picked by MI Emirates for the ILT20

While Stokes, the IPL’s most valuable player in 2017, sits out, it has been reported former England team-mate James Anderson, who has not played a T20 since August 2014, has thrown his hat into the ring.

Stokes's reported decision to skip the IPL 2025 mega-auction is also due to his focus on the World Test Championship. His last T20 appearance was in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Although he retired from One Day Internationals (ODIs) once,

Captain Ben Stokes opts to skip next year's Indian Premier League, but former England bowler James Anderson and Jofra Archer register for the upcoming auction.

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,

England captain Ben Stokes will not take part in next year's Indian Premier League after opting out of the upcoming auction.