5 most underrated players In IPL history

#1 Piyush Chawla

Piyush Chawla

To fathom how underrated Piyush Chawla has been over the years, just see this; he is actually the third highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament.

With 141 wickets from 145 matches, Chawla has consistently been a natural wicket-taking option for his teams. He started off at Kings XI Punjab, where he was more of a traditional leg-spinner who would be used in the middle-overs. He would get the ball to flight and deceive the batsman in the air itself.

However, in the last few years, we have seen a different version of Chawla. Due to the emergence of Kuldeep Yadav and the brilliance of Sunil Narine, Chawla has adopted a more defensive role and yet has had a big say in the overall performance of the team.

He is one of the few leg-spinners who has bowled exceptionally well even during the field restriction overs. Chawla now drifts the ball more and relies on his googlies to cramp the batsmen for room during the early stages of the innings.

He is a very smart operator and hence varies the pace of his deliveries very well. Even to southpaw batsmen. Chawla has a career economy rate of 7.71, which is an excellent figure for a leg spinner who has played from the very first day.

He can contribute with the bat whenever required too, and had hit the winning runs for KKR in their victorious 2014 IPL final. Chawla has been an immensely underrated cricketer to be honest, and yet he tends to grind out useful performances for his team at a consistent rate.