IPL 2017: 5 factors for Rising Pune Supergiant's brilliant run

#4 Unadkat’s crucial wickets in death overs

Unadkat’s disciplined bowling has reaped rewards (Image courtesy: Yahoo)

Jaydev Unadkat’s stats do not signify the impact he has had in this year’s IPL. He wasn’t their first choice bowler and was drafted into the playing XI only after Ashoke Dinda’s horrific bowling performance.

Since then, the Saurashtra pacer has emerged as a key weapon for Pune, especially during the slog overs. Out of his ten wickets, eight have come after 15 overs while only one came inside the powerplay overs.

During death overs, Unadkat’s economy is 8.37 which is highly impressive and he has picked up a wicket every six balls. Due to his tight bowling, Pune have been successful in stemming the flow of runs during the death overs.

The left-arm pacer’s match-winning performance came against Mumbai Indians when he had the task of defending 17 runs against two mighty hitters in the form of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Unadkat got rid of Pandya and Sharma in the first three balls and steered Pune home.