Notable Mentions
Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
The purple cap holder was certainly in the mix of things since the beginning of the tournament. He has picked 17 wickets currently. Harshal missed out due to his high economy rate of 9.17. He started his campaign brilliantly troubling the batters with his slower balls and reverse swing but in recent games, he seems to have lost the plot.
He is going for too many runs at the death and the batters have found him predictable which is why he is going for runs.
Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)
The young leggie has been the lead wicket-taker for Mumbai this season. He has 11 wickets in 7 matches for the boys in blue. He narrowly missed out because he has picked up only 1 extra wicket as compared to Rashid Khan.
Rahul Chahar has bowled at an economy rate of 7.21 which is a little higher than Rashid and therefore he missed out by a hair.
Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)
The CSK all-rounder was promoted up the order by MS Dhoni and management. He has bloomed at that number 3 position. Last year CSK were unable to score in the middle overs but Moeen Ali’s promotion has solved their conundrum.
He can be a great replacement for Sanju Samson in this team at number three as he also bowls a few overs when need. He missed out mainly due to the lack of overseas slots as only 4 are allowed.
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