IPL 2018: One surprise performer from each side

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Royal Challengers Bangalore - Umesh Yadav

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Umesh Yadav

The achilles heel for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the past has been their bowling, but in the ongoing edition, the Virat Kohli-led side managed to fix that as they bought Umesh Yadav and Md Siraj in the IPL auction.

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While everyone expected Yadav to go for a lot of runs, the Vidarbha pacer surprised everyone by performing consistently throughout the season. He is the joint-second in the Purple Cap list with 14 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 22 and an economy of over 8.14.

With Umesh going for plenty in the end overs, Kohli has been finishing off his spell inside the first 14 overs which has paid dividends for them as Umesh has picked the most wickets by any bowler in the powerplay overs.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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