HUge Blow For Rajasthan Royals

New Delhi, May 16: The English duo of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes has been ruled out from Indian premier league ahead of test series against Pakistan in England

The two will fly back to England to join the Test squad for the series against Pakistan.

This is the huge blow for Rajasthan Royals as they are fighting back in order to place in playoffs.

Jos Buttler has been in a rich vein of form in the IPL this year, scoring five back-to-back fifties for the Royals at the top of the order. He scored an unbeaten 94 off 53 balls against the Mumbai Indians in the side's previous game.

Ben Stokes, the most expensive player in the auctions this year, could not replicate his form from last year when he was the Man of the Tournament with the Rising Pune Supergiant. He scored 185 runs and took five wickets in the 13 games before the KKR clash