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.

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's Ben Stokes is missing from the long list of 1,574 players while former pacer James Anderson has registered himself at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore ahead of the IPL mega auction to be held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25.

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

While Anderson has registered himself for the auction, England Test captain Ben Stokes has pulled out of the event at the risk of getting banned from the IPL auction next season. As per the new rules, if an overseas player does not put his name in the mega ...

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.

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.

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.

Anderson, who last played a T20 match in 2014, has registered for the IPL 2025 mega auctions at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore.