Facts of Ben Stokes

  • Birth Date : June 4, 1991
  • Birth Place : Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
  • City : Christchurch, Canterbury,
  • Country : New Zealand (Now England)
  • Gender : Male
  • Marital Status : Married
  • Married With : Clare Ratcliffe
  • Horoscope : Gemini
  • Net Worth : $13 Million
  • Income/Salary : $1 million
  • Height : 6.2 ft
  • Weight : 80 kg
  • Eye Color : Blue Eyes
  • Ethnicity : White
  • Father Name : Gerard Stokes
  • Mother Name : Deborah Stokes

Who is Ben Stokes?

Ben Stokes is a famous England cricket player. He is a popular cricket, All-Rounder. Stokes is a Left-handed batsman and Right-arm fast-medium bowler. He wears a Jersey number 55 for Chennai Super Kings IPL 2023.

Ben Stokes: Bio, Birthday, Age, Wiki, Nationality, Ethnicity, Family, siblings, Horoscope

England cricketer Ben Stokes was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand on June 4, 1991. Ben was born to his father Father Gerard Stokes a rugby league player and coach and  Mother Deborah Stokes who was a famous cricketer in New Zealand women. His real name is Benjamin Andrew Stokes and by birth his zodiac sign is Gemini. Stokes’s nickname is Stokesy, The Hurt Locker, Rocky. By nationality he is English and his ethnicity is Māori.

Popular cricketer stokes follow Christianity by religion. Regarding his Siblings and other family, details are not public. His family relocated from New Zealand to northern England f in 2003, when he was only 12 years old. Currently, his parents resettled to New Zealand in 2013, whereas he lives in England. Stokes is a New Zealander by origin.

Ben Stokes Jersey number 55 for in Chennai Super Kings IPL 2023

Ben Stokes Jersey number 55 for in Chennai Super Kings IPL 2023 (Source: Insatgram)

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Career and Profession

Ben Stokes began his domestic cricket (state-level) career in April 2009. He played cricket for Durham squads. In August 2011, Stokes initiated his one-day international (ODI) crickets career, vs Ireland. Ben created his T20I (T20 International) debut in September 2011, vs West Indies. Also, he made his Test debut in December 2013, vs Australia.

Ben Stokes is use GM branded bat. Career Turning Point was from the 2013-14 Ashes series in Australia.

IPL Career (Indian Premier League )

In February 2017, Stokes was accepted by Rising Pune Supergiants to play in the Indian Premier League during the 2017 season. He created his maiden Twenty20 century against Gujarat Lions, beating 103 not out from 63 balls, including hitting seven fours and six sixes. He was called Most Valuable Player for the 2017 season.

For the 2018 season, he shifted to Rajasthan Royals having been purchased for £ 1.7 million, the most costly player in the 2018 IPL auction. In October 2020, he scored 107 not out for Rajasthan Royals as the detail of an unbeaten partnership of 152 with Sanju Samson. During the 2021 IPL, Stokes mourned a finger injury that ruled him out from the whole season after playing in only one game.

He pulled out of the 2022 season as he desired to concentrate on his country’s Test team. Currently, stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings to play in the IPL 2023 season for INR. 16.25 Crore (£1.6 million) in the IPL auction held on 23rd December 2022.

ODI Retirement

Stokes declared his ODI retirement in July this year after facing a lot of stress from playing all three forms simultaneously and had reportedly stepped out when ECB chief Rob Key had attempted to coax him out of retirement.

Ben Stokes: Records

  •  He Records the fastest century by an England batsman (85 balls) Vs New Zealand in the 1st Test match at Lord’s in 2015.
  • Stokes Record for the quickest century by an England batsman and second fastest in the world (163 balls) Vs South Africa in Cape Town in 2015.
  • Maintains the joint record with Peter Parfitt for the most Test runs by England left-handers from 6 to 11 bating rank position.
  • 9th ever England cricketer to shoot more than 3 centuries and bring more than 40 wickets in Tests.
  • He and Jonny Bairstow hold the highest 6th wicket staging of 399 runs in a Test game Vs South Africa.

Ben Stokes: Awards and Achievement

  • For this performance, he was named man of the match for the second time in the tournament.
  • He was named the “Team of the Tournament” for the 2019 World Cup by the ICC
  • He was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Allerdale on 25 September 2019.
  • He was awarded the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Aberdeen.
  • Stokes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to cricket.
  • Cricket World Cup Winner 2019
  • He was named as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in both the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Almanack.
  • Named as the Indian Premier League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2017 season.

2022-present: Test captaincy and 2022 T20 World Cup

On 28 April 2022, Stokes was designated as England men’s Test captain after Joe Root’s resignation.

In June 2022, Stokes began his captaincy with the 3–0 clean sweep Vs the New Zealand cricket team in England 2022, Ben scored 194 runs in 5 innings at an average of 48.50

In July 2022, England beat the South African team 2–1 in the Test series, Stokes was quoted as Player of the Series, he scored 149 runs in 4 innings at an average of 37.25 and gathered up 10 wickets at a bowling average of 15.70

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Hobbies and Interests

Stokes desires to keep tattoos. A motivational tattoo on his left arm reads, “Being the best that you can be is only possible if you desire to be a champion and your fear of failure is non-existent.” Another tattoo on his right forearm is a picture of a phoenix. He also Likes Listening to music and driving. His favorite cricketers are Batsman Kevin Pietersen and Bowler Dale Steyn and his favorite food is an omelet.

Ben Stokes: Net worth, salary, earnings, contract

The entire net worth of Mr. Ben Stokes is calculated to be $13 As of 2023. The Primary Source of Ben Stokes’s earnings and net worth arrived from cricket. Also, the brand worth of all-rounder Ben Stokes is extremely increased, and is even the most respectable player across the world. Mr. Stokes also makes a massive sum of cash from diverse International and National Cricket Games and the Indian Premiere League (IPL). He also supports numerous brands where he demands an adequate amount of money.

Stoke’s yearly salary is above $1 million which indicates he gets more than $83k monthly.

Ben Stokes Assets:

House: Ben Stokes holds a superfluity designer house. Furthermore, he holds numerous real-estate properties across the country.

Ben Stokes Car collection: The Car collection of Ben Stokes is Small. Ben Stokes holds a few of the most suitable luxury cars in the world. The Car brands held by Ben Stokes include blue 195mph Mercedes AMG GT63, Range Rover, Mercedes, and Audi.

Ben Stokes and joe root

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Ben Stokes IPL Salary 2023, Earning

Stokes has been purchased by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore for IPL 2023 Season. The bottom price of Stokes was Rs 2 crore. Rajasthan, RCB, and Lucknow squads were also in interested to buy Stokes.

Stokes IPL earnings are below

YearTeamSalary
2023CSKRs. 16.25 Crore
2022Not Played
2021Rajasthan Royals₹ 125,000,000
2020 (Retain)Rajasthan Royals₹ 125,000,000
2019 (Retain)Rajasthan Royals₹ 125,000,000
2018Rajasthan Royals₹ 125,000,000
2017Rising Pune Supergiant₹ 145,000,000
Total₹ 80.75 Crore

Ben Stokes: Height, Weight, Body measurements, physical appearance

Ben Stokes looks tall, handsome and healthy. Stokes height is around 6 feet 2 inche which is 1.88 m. His weight is roughly 80 kg. Regarding his physical stats he has biceps is 14 inches, waist 34 inches and chest 42 inches.

Ben Stokes have a Pleasing face. He has beautiful pair of Blue color eyes and Blonde color hairs.

Ben Stokes: Married, Wife, Children, Relationship Status

Currently Ben stokes marital status is married. He married his long time girlfriend Clare Ratcliffe in East Brent, Somerset in October 2017. Stokes evolved engaged to Clare Ratcliffe in 2013. The couple have two children as a son named Layton Stokes and  daughter named Libby Stokes.

Ben Stokes children and wife

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Stokes has a tattoo of a family of lions, symbolising his own family, covering his entire back. Ben has Maori Ngāpuhi ancestry, which is even shows in one of his tattoos. Cricketer Stokes and his mother hurts in 2021 from The Sun, who in 2019 had run a front-page report about a family disaster which was claimed to not be in the general interest.

Clare Ratcliffe and Ben stokes

Clare Ratcliffe and Ben stokes. (Source: Insatgram)

Ben Stokes: Instagram, Twitter , Facebook, Social Media

As a well famous cricketer stokes frequently active on various social media platform like Insatgram, Facebook and Twitter. Where he has more than 1.3 million followers on his Twitter account under handle @benstokes38  as of March 2023. Stokes also active and posted on his verified Insatgram account user handle @stokesy where he has over 2.5 million followers as of 2023 march. Ben also active on Facebook where he has more than 4.7 million fan follower.

Ben Stokes family

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