England players bought at this weekend’s Indian Premier League auction will be docked around £3,500 per day of their England salary to play in India.

Ben Stokes, who is on a central contract, will be deducted 0.5 per cent of his central contract for every day he is on IPL duty, which could cost him more than £100,000, even though England director Andrew Strauss is encouraging players to play in the competition.

Stokes could be the biggest draw in the IPL auction in Bangalore on Saturday and starts at a base price of £238,000, but his all-round abilities will make him a prized catch and his price could rocket if he becomes the subject of a bidding war between franchises.

If not and he goes for his base price then he will lose more than half of his IPL money to the ECB, tax and agents fees potentially leaving him with little financial return.