Chris Woakes, a key member of the 2019 world champions England team, has cut the boundaries from the IPL 2020. The all-rounder was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore in the auction held in December last year, but he withdrew his name from the tournament to stay fresh for the England domestic Test season.
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According to the information, Chris, who has not played T20 cricket since August 2018, was last seen in an International T20 for England in November 2015. Chris, who took 17 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017, played just 5 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018, during which he scored runs at an average of 10.36 runs. The English summer season starts on June 4. During this time, the British have to play six domestic Test matches. Woakes, an important member of the English Test team played in the recent Test series against New Zealand and South Africa. He also got a place in the Test series against Sri Lanka.
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After the demise of Chris Woakes, Delhi can now include Alzari Joseph, Colin de Grandhom and Mustafizur Rahman in the squad. Currently, there are foreign players in his camp like Jason Roy, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carrie, Chemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichane, Kagiso Rabada, and Shimron Hetmyer, only four of them will be playing in the playing XI.