Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg has picked the best powerplay bowlers in the history of the IPL in his latest episode of ‘BEST of the IPL’. He has picked 3 pacers, 3 spinners and 1 all-rounder namely Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Shane Watson.
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Hogg posted the video on Twitter with the caption, “Righty-o legends, bringing you the first episode of the 'BEST of the IPL' series for bowlers now. We're looking at the best in the business in IPL history - in the powerplay phase of course. Any surprises? Any names I've missed out? Let me know in the comments.”
Righty-o legends, bringing you the first episode of the 'BEST of the IPL' series for bowlers now. We're looking at the best in the business in IPL history - in the powerplay phase of course.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) April 11, 2020
Any surprises? Any names I've missed out? Let me know in the comments. pic.twitter.com/rzWnbdrmtF
He spoke about each of those players. Let us have a look at what he said about everyone.
Zaheer Khan: “He swung the ball in the air and also had variety with some seam movement as well. He bowled a lot of cutters and that made it difficult for opening batsmen against him in those first six overs.”
Munaf Patel: “A little bit of surprise here. He was tall and he used to bowl a lot faster than many batsmen thought. He used to hit a good line and length on top of off and had a little seam movement as well which made it difficult to hit.”
Morne Morkel: “He is tall and he had that bounce which made is difficult for batsmen to hit. He was a tough customer in the powerplay phase.”
Sunil Narine: “He has got great variety and can turn the ball both ways. He can beat the inside edge and the outside edge and also has a potent straighter one.”
Ravichandran Ashwin: “He has got that extra height which gives him extra bounce. He turns the ball into the right-hander but also has a good straighter on.”
Harbhajan Singh: “He bowls a lot more straighter ones which skids on to the batsmen. He then slows it up with a bit of a variety which creates doubts in the batsman’s mind.”
Shane Watson: “One all-rounder that has done exceeding well with the ball in IPL is Shane Watson. Not tall as the quicks I named earlier but he is a big, burly man and when he was on song, he bowled with a lot of pace. He has that little bit of swing as well.”
(With Hindustan Times inputs)
