Woakes cites hectic cricket calendar for IPL withdrawal
The need to "recharge his batteries" got Woakes to pull out of the IPL © Getty
Chris Woakes has revealed that his decision to withdraw from the IPL is
down to a really hectic international calendar and his personal need to
"recharge his batteries," which in turn will help him extend his
England career.
Woakes was picked by Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 crores at the 2020 IPL auction.
"I want to play for England as long as possible - that's still the
pinnacle for me," Woakes, who's in Sri Lanka for the Test series, said.
"I just feel like I'd been on a bit of a treadmill and I needed to get
off for a bit of a breather. From a mental point of view it's about
recharging those batteries."
Woakes clarified that he didn't participate in the IPL auction with an
intention to pull out but he's been a part of the IPL -- "been there and
done it" -- but that it's "impossible to do everything" with a young
family to tend to.
"The IPL is great but I've been there and done it. That's not to say I
don't want to do it again but at this moment England is the most
important thing to me, as well as spending time at home with the family
where I can," Woakes said. "You don't put yourself into these things
intending to pull out. I went into the IPL auction hoping that I would
get picked up, it's a great experience. But it's impossible to do
everything.
"International cricket can be draining at the best of times because
there's so much pressure on you to perform. There's always people
knocking on the door and to stay on top of your game all year round is
hard. The schedule has just got busier and busier - the only breaks you
really get in international cricket are at IPL time."
With the T20 World Cup due later this year, IPL could have been a
chance for Woakes to get back into England's T20 fold, at least in the
reckoning after he lost his place in the build-up to the ODI World Cup,
which England won. Woakes would have it no other way.
"If I felt like I had real good opportunity to be in that T20 squad I'd
probably still go to the IPL and try to produce some good form. (The
selectors) know what I'm about and what I can do but realistically it'd
probably take a few injuries for me to be in contention.
"I suppose I don't know the answer to why that happened. I think it
happened gradually. The 50-over World Cup was prioritised, which was
right, and during that period I was rested during a lot of T20 series.
"Would I want to change that or have it any other way? No, because it
meant that I focused more on 50-over cricket and that has made me a
World Cup winner - you can't take that away. Hopefully I've extended my
career rather than trying to spread it across all three formats."
© Cricbuzz
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