IPL: Greatest left-handed XI of all time

Lower order:

#7 Ravindra Jadeja:

Jadeja is one of the tournament's leading allrounders

In the first edition of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals were the least fancied team to win the tournament and Ravindra Jadeja played a pivotal role in their eventual triumph. Since then he has grown from strength to strength and become a vital member of the Indian side as well. He was sarcastically labelled 'Sir' by his detractors but he soon won them over. His performances were so impressive that the title 'Sir' remained but the sarcasm was replaced by admiration.

Jadeja is one of the best allrounders in the IPL. He possesses the ability to clear the fence and his fast left-arm spin is valuable.

#8 Irfan Pathan:

Irfan Pathan had a decent IPL career

Irfan Pathan might have faded away from the international scene a long time ago but there was a time when his left-arm swing was so mesmerising that he was hailed as 'India's Wasim Akram' and when he began to make an impact with the willow too, the tag was further raised to 'India's next Kapil Dev.'

Pathan has played for multiple teams in the IPL and has 80 wickets in 103 matches at a respectable economy rate of 7.77.

#9 RP Singh:

RP Singh can look back on his IPL career with satisfaction

Another Team India discard! Just like Irfan Pathan, RP Singh has represented many IPL teams and has a better record than most of us would imagine. In 82 matches, Singh has 90 scalps to his name at 7.90 runs per over.

In a format where a wicket-taking rate of less than 1 per match is perfectly acceptable for a frontline bowler, Singh's IPL record cannot be written off.

#10 Zaheer Khan:

Zaheer Khan mastered fast bowling like no other Indian pacer of his generation

Throughout the second half of his career, Zaheer Khan remained the spearhead of the Indian pace bowling attack and his bowling attained such levels of potency that it could be classified as 'world-class', a distinction that is rarely attributed to the Indian pacers.

Even in the IPL, Zaheer was a very fine performer and a great mentor to the younger generation of fast bowlers. He played exactly 100 matches and grabbed 102 wickets. He was a master of many aspects of left-arm fast bowling. His economy of 7.58 deserves plaudits in this slam-bang format, where many frontline bowlers are often clobbered for around 8 runs per over.

#11 Ashish Nehra:

Ashish Nehra will have a lot to smile about in his IPL career

A cursory look at Ashish Nehra's stats shows that there have not been many better bowlers than him in the last two decades for India in ODIs. Injuries were his constant companion and played a key role in depriving him of a long career. However, in the IPL where he was required to bowl a maximum of four overs, his body held out long enough for him to forge a praiseworthy career.

His record of 106 wickets in 88 matches is admirable. His form was so brilliant in the IPL that he even earned a recall to the national side once due to his IPL exploits.

When at his best, Nehra bowls with so much venom that mere survival against him becomes a huge challenge in itself. His delivery that comes back into the right-handers is a treat to watch.

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