Rajasthan Royals endured an enormous blow to their Indian Premier League marketing campaign on Tuesday as premier all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the whole tournmanment. As per a report in The Independent, the all-rounder has been ruled out because of an damage on his hand, which is suspected to be broken.
The report talked about that Stokes had sustained the damage whereas fielding in Royals’ opening match towards Punjab Kings on Monday, as he dived ahead to take an excellent low catch to dismiss Chris Gayle.
As per the report, the IPL franchise are in contact with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the star all-rounder is more likely to stay in India for every week, the place he’ll take an X-Ray to find out the impression of the damage.
Earlier within the day, England and Royals tempo bowler Jofra Archer resumed mild coaching following surgical procedure for a freak hand damage with no timeline for his return to aggressive motion, the ECB stated.
The 26-year-old sustained the damage at his dwelling in January and the operation was carried out whereas he was nonetheless present process therapy for a long-term elbow damage.
Royals, who first purchased the Barbados-born paceman for 72 million Indian rupees ($955,109) in 2018, stated that they have been hopeful he can play a component within the present marketing campaign.
