2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy: Team of the Tournament

Pacers

Despite not featuring in the top-10 of the wicket-takers list, Gujarat pacer Jasprit Bumrah is included in the team

Out of the four frontline bowlers, three of them are fast bowlers. Aswin Crist, who ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 20 wickets in 9 matches is a certainty in the team. Crist is one of the main reasons why Tamil Nadu won the tournament.

Sharing the new ball with Crist will be Saurashtra’s Kushang Patel, who was the find of the tournament as the right-arm medium pacer bowled really well in his debut season in List A in which he scalped 17 wickets in just 6 matches at an average of 15.17 and conceded at a rate of 4.4 runs per over.

The third seamer in the team might come as a surprise to many. In spite of not featuring in the top-10 of the wicket-takers list, Gujarat pacer Jasprit Bumrah is included in the team. He might have picked just 13 wickets in five matches but the rate at which he took his wickets were staggering.

He picked up a wicket for every 13 runs he conceded and conceded less than 4 runs per over. He is also a big threat in the death overs while the other two bowlers are known for their exploits with the new ball.