IPL 2020 this year was a platform for the uncapped players. From Devudtt Padikkal to Ruturaj Gaikwad to Natarajan to Chakravarty all grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Two of these players even got themselves selected in the Indian T20I squad. Varun Chakravarty made it through to the Indian T20I squad but an, unfortunately, shoulder injury saw him ruled out of the squad. Natarajan was selected in his place and will travel with the Indian squad to Australia. Meanwhile, we look at the best uncapped XI from IPL 2020.
Best Uncapped XI of IPL 2020
Devdutt Padikkal
Playing his first season for RCB, Padikkal ended up as the highest run-getter for them in the season. He ended with 473 runs with five fifties at a strike rate of nearly 125 and an average above 30. In another disappointing season for Virat Kohli’s men, Padikkal was their biggest plus.
Matches-15, Runs- 473, Avg 31.53, SR-124.80
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Ruturaj Gaikwad
Gaikwad like Padikkal made his IPL debut this year with Chennai Super Kings. He got ducks in his first two outings and then was benched for the season. he then scored consecutive fifties in his last three games for the side to leave his mark. MS Dhoni was very impressed with the composure he shown in the last few games. Gaikwad has certainly shown this year that he belongs to this stage.
Matches-6, Runs- 204, Avg-51, SR-120.71
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Suryakumar Yadav
One of the reasons why Mumbai Indians were able to defend their title this season was Suryakumar Yadav. He ended the season with 480 runs and four fifties to his name. This was his third year with MI and he scored 400 plus runs in every year. He also went past 1000 IPL runs for MI this season as well. Despite his consistency with the bat, Surya was ignored by the selectors in the ODI and T20I squads for the Australia series.
Matches-16, Runs- 480, Avg-40, SR-145.02
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Ishan Kishan
The youngster ended as the highest-run getter for Mumbai Indians in their victorious season. He scored 516 runs in 14 matches. He also hit 30 sixes in the season, which was the most hit by any batsmen this year. He opened as well as batted at number four for MI. Opening the batting he registered his highest of 99 this season.
Matches-14, Runs-516, Avg-57.33, SR-145.76
Nitish Rana
He had a mixed season this year when a lot was expected of him. He scored 352 runs from n 14 games with two out of his three half-centuries coming while opening the batting. However, Rana has had much of his IPL success batting at number five in the IPL. He also lost his father-in-law during the IPL after which he dedicated one of his knocks to him. He got to 1000 IPL runs for KKR in this season as well.
Matches-14, Runs-352, Avg-28.18, SR-135.57
Rahul Tewatia
Tewatia turned out to be one of the surprise packages in this IPL season. He made his IPL debut in 2014 and had his best season this year. He scored 255 runs with the bat and picked up 10 wickets with the ball. He won the Rajasthan Royals at least three games single-handedly. He also took 9 catches this year to cap off a memorable season. He was one of the finds in this IPL season.
Matches- 14, Runs-255, Wickets-10, SR-139.34,Economy-7.09
Shreyas Gopal
Gopal played the perfect back up to the more attacking Rahul Tewatia in the season. He picked up 10 wickets and was lowkey about himself despite getting the job done.
Matches- 14, Wickets 10, Economy-8.54
Shivam Mavi
Mavi made a return to KKR after missing the last season due to injury. He picked up nine wickets from eight games this season and bowled with pace and fire. His best figures in this year was 2/15 in KKR’s last league game against Rajasthan Royals.
Matches-8, Wickets-9, Economy-8.15
Ravi Bishnoi
Bishnoi was one of the best performers with the ball for Kings XI Punjab. He took key wickets at key moments for Punjab in the season. For most batsmen, he was hard to be picked off. Under Anil Kumble, Bishnoi flourished and had a great first IPL season.
Matches-14, Wickets-12, Economy-7.37
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Varun Chakravarty
Varun was KKR’s highest wicket-taker this season. He ended the season with 17 wickets which included a fifer against Delhi Capitals. Chakravarty even got selected in the India T20I squad for the Australia tour but was ruled out with a shoulder injury.
Matches- 13, Wickets-17, Economy-6.85
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T Natarajan
Natarajan is our final addition to the list of best-uncapped XI for IPL 2020. The SRH pacer ended the season with 16 wickets and made a name for himself as a yorker specialist. He bowled yorkers at will and got some big wickets in the season. He dismissed the likes of Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Andre Russell in the season to leave a mark of his own in the IPL. His performance got him selected in the Indian T20I squad as Chakravarty’s replacement.
Matches-16. Wickets-16, Economy-8.02
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