IPL 2017: Rating the bowling attack of each team

#5 Rising Pune Supergiant

Tahir has taken 12 wickets this season

To be honest, I have no idea how Rising Pune Supergiant defended totals against the mighty batting line-ups of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Their bowling line-up looks one of the weakest on paper but the bowlers have done a tremendous job.

Ashok Dinda was taken to the cleaners in the three matches he played and ever since he was replaced by Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat, the Pune bowling attack looked completely different. Imran Tahir, who came in as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh, is Pune’s best bowler as the South African has scalped 12 wickets in the tournament. Ben Stokes, Thakur and Unadkat have picked 16 wickets among them with others chipping in once in a while.

Stokes has been brilliant for Steve Smith’s team at the death overs and will hope to continue his good work in the upcoming matches. They have also found a gem in Washington Sundar, who was decent in his first two matches bowling to the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Jos Buttler in the field restriction overs.