The 30-year-old Stokes had to pull out of Indian Premier League (IPL) before its suspension after a fracture to his left index finger. He underwent surgery for it.
Hit by foreign pull-outs, the Rajashthan outfit was left with just four overseas players -- Jos Buttler, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, and David Miller -- in their camp.
Till Friday, Chennai has hosted nine IPL games and only twice has the team batting first scored in excess of 170.
The injury occurred while Stokes was fielding during Royals' opening match against Punjab Kings on Monday.
Royals put up a stiff fight in their first match against Punjab Kings with skipper Samson's ton taking them to within four runs of Punjab's 221-run total.
Stokes sustained the injury while taking a catch to get the wicket of Chris Gayle in his side's fixture against Punjab Kings on Monday.
KKR's Eoin Morgan has revealed the two names who will open the batting for Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming edition of the IPL.
India is set to host the T20 World Cup later this year and Stokes feels it is the perfect opportunity for English players.
Stokes was promoted up the order in the first two ODIs and he roared back to form in the second outing smashing 99 with 10 sixes.
Put in to bat, India posted 336 for six but Bairstow and Stokes butchered the Indian bowlers, adding 175 runs off 117 balls, as England gunned down the target in just 43.3 overs.
After reaching his half-century, Stokes hit sixes for fun, stitching a blazing 165-run stand with Bairstow to make things easier for England.
England did not throw it away like the opening game and capitalised on a flying start provided by Bairstow (124 off 112) and Jason Roy (55 off 52) to gun down the target in just 43.3 overs with six wickets in hand.
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Stokes continued his six-hitting spree in the next over too, hitting three sixes and a four against Krunal Pandya.
Applying saliva has been banned by the ICC after matches resumed post COVID-19 forced break.
The question was in reference to India captain Kohli's aggressive in your face demeanour while fielding or celebrating a fall of wicket.
Stokes batted at No.5 or No.6 throughout England's five-match T20I series in India which ended in a 2-3 defeat for the visitors.
In the post-match press conference, Stokes said that he would've loved for England to seal the series with a win in the fourth T20I, but the loss comes as a blessing in disguise.
Ben Stokes says he lost 5kg in a week, Dom Sibley 4kg and Jimmy Anderson 3kg among others in the scorching heat of Ahmedabad.
Stokes scored 55 off 121 balls before a skidder from Washington Sundar trapped him leg before on the opening day of the final Test against India.
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