England all-rounder Ben Stokes will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks after fracturing a finger while on Indian Premier League duty, cricket chiefs announced on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"England all-rounder Ben Stokes will be out for up to 12 weeks after a repeat X-ray and CT scan on Thursday revealed that he has a fracture of his left index finger," an England and Wales Cricket Board statement read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Stokes, who is currently in India with Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, will fly home tomorrow. He will have surgery in Leeds on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The injury occurred while fielding during Royals' opening match against Punjab Kings on Monday when he completed a catch in the deep to see off West Indies batsman Chris Gayle."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Stokes looks set to miss England's two Tests against New Zealand in June as well as limited-overs matches against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He could be back for the white-ball assignments against Pakistan in July and the five Tests against India that start the following month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Royals said earlier in the week that Stokes would be ruled out of the remainder of the IPL season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Everyone at Rajasthan Royals absolutely admires Ben for being such a huge asset and a valuable member of the Royals family, both on and off the field, and wishes him a speedy recovery," the team said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Stokes, 29, was this week named Wisden's leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row, becoming the first England cricketer to win the award twice.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rrs-ben-stokes-out-of-ipl-2021-due-to-broken-finger2.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for England All-Rounder Stokes Out For Up To 12 Weeks With Broken Finger", "alt_title": "Ben Stokes", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "England All-Rounder Stokes Out For Up To 12 Weeks With Broken Finger ", "seo_desc": "Ben Stokes will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks after fracturing a finger while on Indian Premier League duty on Cricketnmore. ", "seo_keywords": "IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals, Ben Stokes", "tag": "", "tagging": "IPL 2021,Rajasthan Royals,Ben Stokes,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "england-all-rounder-stokes-out-for-up-to-12-weeks-with-broken-finger", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1949", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-04-16 17:01:52", "updated": "2021-04-16 17:02:36", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2021, Stokes IPL, Stokes Injury, RR, Indian Premier League", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "21", "jio_date": "2021-04-16 17:01:52", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-04-16 17:01:52", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/england-all-rounder-stokes-out-for-up-to-12-weeks-with-broken-finger-74401" }