5 international stars who will be playing in their maiden Indian Premier League

#1 Ben Stokes (England)

Stokes was bought for a whopping 14.5 crores

You will always have your takers in a T20 competition if you are a genuine all rounder and Ben Stokes is one of those very few in world cricket at the moment.

No wonder Rising Pune Supergiants spent 14.5 crores to bag the Englishman. With Stokes, you also get a genuine match-winner who on his day can single handedly take his side to victory.

Stokes has been phenomenal for England in all three formats for the past couple of years. He has matured with every passing game and is getting better with time.

The seamer will be quite handy in the middle overs and the death as he has a brilliant slower ball. It is quite astonishing that Stokes has never featured in the tournament before but surely will be raring to go for this edition.

For the record, Stokes has played in 77 T20s and has amassed 1165 runs and picked 32 wickets. In International T20s he has 192 runs from 21 games and 10 wickets.