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Stokes has agreed a deal with the Adelaide Strikers for the upcoming Big Bash League season, adding one of the game’s most influential all-rounders to the squad for the full campaign.

Ben Stokes is set to spend his first winter after retiring from international cricket with the Adelaide Strikers after signing a lucrative deal with the Big Bash League side.

Ben Stokes has officially signed with Adelaide Strikers for the 2026/27 Big Bash League season, with Cricket Australia5-year-old England all-rounder will be available for the entire tournament, making him the standout marquee acquisition of the upcoming BBL campaign

Mayank Agarwal scored a century for Karnataka in the final of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy final. | Photo Credit: K MURALI KUMAR

Former England Test captain Ben Stokes is reportedly close to joining the Adelaide Strikers for the upcoming 2026/27 Big Bash League season. The star all-rounder has emerged as the frontrunner to join the South Australian franchise after several rival teams changed their overseas recruitment plans.

On 25 August 2019, Ben Stokes produced one of the greatest innings in Test history, an unbeaten 135 that carried England to a stunning one-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley.