Go to the IPL if you must, Ben – but come back as England's next opener

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England need Ben Stokes to carry on accepting challenges and leading from the front – by opening the batting in the Ashes this summer. Every England follower would prefer Stokes not to play in the IPL, in order to rest his left knee, but unless 160,000 people start a public subscription and chip in a tenner each, it is not going to happen. Barely able to stand let alone twist his knee, Stokes must feel that an enforced retirement from cricket is imminent and he has to provide for his family’s fu