IPL 2025: Is Ben Stokes Joining Mumbai Indians? Here's Why The England Star Was Spotted In India; Video

England Test captain Ben Stokes was spotted in India amid IPL 2025 as a video of the same surfaced on social media on April 27, Sunday. A user on X claimed that the swashbuckling all-rounder came for a meeting with Mumbai Indians' owner Akash Ambani but it has emerged that he landed in India for a shoot with KL Rahul for Redbull.

Stokes, who has played for the Rising Pune Supergiants, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals during his tenure in the T20 league history, opted out of the IPL 2025 auction to manage his fragile body, marred by injuries in recent times. With an important year looming for England, including the Test series against India and Australia, Stokes chose to put international duty on priority.

Below video shows Ben Stokes arrive in India as he gets in a car with a Haryana number plate, sparking speculations if he is joining the Mumbai Indians:

However, in reality, the seam-bowling all-rounder had come in for a shoot with KL Rahul:

Mumbai Indians host Lucknow Super Giants as the former hope to continue their winning run

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians are currently hosting the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium as they hope to notch their fifth consecutive victory of IPL 2025. Super Giants' skipper Rishabh Pant has put the home side into bat after winning the toss.

Mumbai Indians playing XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma.

LSG playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.