RE: Indian Premier League 2017 {S-10} Discussion & Updates
Stephen Fleming, chief coach of RPS, on Ben Stokes's signing: "Big player he is. He's the form allrounder. For this year we want to go in hard, so we're all in.With Ashwin at no eight, we have world class players. We might have a few weak areas.If you look at us on paper, we look very strong. It's a top eight that you really have to respect.With Stokes and Marsh as allrounders it gives you more balance in the side."
Sanjeev Goenka, the team owner, on Stokes: "He's a complete player. He completes our squad. We've been lacking this genre of player. We have many heroes, but this is one hero we were lacking. We knew he was going to go expensive. We believe he's going to be available for the first 14 games and right now we are focusing on the first 14 games. We are very happy. We pretty much knew we aren't going to get him at a lesser.
