England all-rounder Chris Woakes has withdrawn from the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL). As per Dailymai🅺l, Woakes has decided to skip the IPL 2020 to keep himself fresh for the busy 🌱international summer.
IPL franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) picked the Birmingham-born cricketer for his base price of INR 1.50 crore. Woakes has informe♉d DC about his decision.
The sudden exclusion of English all-rounder would be a big blow for Capitals as pacers Kagiso Rabad🍌a, and ☂Ishant Sharma have been suffering from their respective injuries.
England cricketers are supposed to join their IPL franch💫ises after the c𒐪ompletion of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.
Woakes has earlier played in the lucrative league for teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 31-year-old pl🐭ayed 18 IPL matches in which he has scored 63 runs and ba💖gged 25 wickets.