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IPL playerEngland2017 to 2021

Chris Woakes

On scorecards: CR Woakes · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
21
Matches
78
Runs
SR 101.3
30
Wickets
econ 8.95
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2017 to 2021 · Sources

Chris Woakes, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Chris Woakes arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹4.20 cr, against a base price of ₹2 cr.

That first season brought 13 matches, 46 runs and 17 wickets at 8.77 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2017, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 17 wickets at 8.77 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 3 for 6.

Franchise by franchise

2017, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 13 matches and 17 wickets.

2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹7.40 cr. 5 matches and 8 wickets.

2021, Delhi Capitals. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 5 wickets.

2019 and 2020 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 30 wickets in 441 deliveries, at 8.95 runs an over against a league rate of 8.25 for the same seasons: 0.71 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.

The fielding record: 6 catches.

At the auction

Chris Woakes went under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹7.40 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018, more than 3 times the base price. Unsold in 2019, Chris Woakes was bought again in 2020 by Delhi Capitals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Capitals in 2020 and Punjab Kings in 2024.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Chris Woakes made 21 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2021.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2017Kolkata Knight Riders13461811.597.90/0178.773/65
2018Royal Challengers Bangalore517118.589.50/0810.363/361
2021Delhi Capitals31515*–136.40/057.342/180

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced42.9%
Balls per four11
Balls per six38.5
Dot balls bowled36.6%
Balls per wicket14.7
Catches6
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2017–₹2 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹4.20 cr
2018AL1₹2 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹7.40 cr
2019All-rounder₹1.50 crUnsold
2020AL1₹1.50 crSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹1.50 cr
2024AL1₹2 crSold to Punjab Kings for ₹4.20 cr

Sources