England allrounder Ben Stokes will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks as he requires surgery on the left index finger he fractured while on Indian Premier League duty
	England allrounder Ben Stokes will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks as he requires surgery on the left index finger he fractured while on Indian Premier League duty
    
	
    
	
	17 April 2021 
		
		
        
	
Stokes, suffered the injury while fielding in the Rajasthan  Royals' season- opener against Punjab Kings and will have surgery in England early next week.
The injury is likely to rule Stokes out of England's two tests against New Zealand in June.
	
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