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    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


    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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