Ben Stokes' name was missing from the long list of 1,574 players who have registered for the player's auction.

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 wait is finally over as the IPL governing council finally announced the dates for the IPL Mega Auction in 2024. The mega auction will take place on the 24th and 25th of November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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.

England Test captain Ben Stokes will be absent from next year’s Indian Premier League after electing against entering this month’s player auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

England veteran James Anderson features in IPL 2025 Auction players list, but red ball captain Ben Stokes opts out of the upcoming bidding process.

Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami are among the Indian players who registered under the base price of Rs 2 crore for the auction that will take place on 24 and 25 November.

Legendary England seamer James Anderson has registered for the Indian Premier League auction for the first time in his career. The Test specialist, who retired with 704 wickets to his name has set his base price at Rs 1.

James Anderson, the legendary fast bowler who retired from international cricket in July, has registered for the upcoming IPL auction. Despite last playing a T20 game over a decade ago, the 42-year-old has expressed a belief by registering for the league that he can still compete at the highest level .

Interestingly, Anderson has never competed in a global franchise T20 league, and his last T20 game was in 2014 for Lancashire.

Ben Stokes opted to skip IPL 2025 as the England red ball captain didn't register himself for the mega auction which is slated to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.