‘Just a matter of…’: Chris Woakes speaks up about his decision to come out to bat despite Dislocated shoulder

England all-rounder Chris Woakes injured his shoulder on first day of the fifth and final Test of the recently-concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, and was set to not play the remaining four days. However, he shocked everyone as he came out to bat on the final day of the clash with his injured hand in a sleeve.

Chris Woakes mad a dive at the boundary line, after which he was seen in discomfort and had to be taken off the field while he held his shoulder. Noe he has expressed his disappointment at not being able to cross the small margin that was needed to seal the victory.

 “When you have an injury like that, you think your game is done. And then, the closer it goes, it’s always never a matter of whether I was going to be out there or not. And it was just a matter of how I was going to approach it,” Woakes said in a video posted by SkySports.

Despite having an injured shoulder, Chris Woakes came out to bat when England needed 17 runs to win. However, he did not face a ball, but was in serious pain while running between the wickets. His efforts eventually went to vain as Mohammed Siraj rattled Gus Atkinson’s off-stump, securing India’s 6-run victory.

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