5) Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s art of death bowling
One of the best thing about his IPL is that in the end, it was the team with the best bowling unit of the tournament nicked the trophy. The message young children get from watching cricket these days is a terrorising one as very few of them would actually prefer being a bowler after watching AD de Villiers and Virat Kohli bat.
However, good batting wins you games, great bowling units win you tournaments.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was spectacular in the tournament, emerging as the purple cap holder with 23 wickets. Bowling the way he did on these pitches was a work of art itself. Last night, as the Royal Challengers needed only 51 from the last 5, he came in and bowled 2 overs in the final 3.
And he gave away only 16 runs in those 2 overs. He may not have had grabbed wickets, but it was his economic spell that stood out from the rest.
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