English cricketer Chris Woakes played his first-class match against a touring West Indies 'A' side for Warwickshire in August 2006. <br /><br />He is a right-handed batsman and was selected in the England Lions squad and the preliminary 2009 ICC World Twenty20 championship.<br /><br />He claimed 47 wickets at 33.53 and scored his maiden first-class century in 2009 and then claimed 58 at just 21.48 in 2010. <br /><br />He played his first IPL match in 2017 with the Kolkata Knight Riders after being bought for Rs 4.2 crores in the auction for IPL.<br /><meta content="cms.next" name="cmsei" />