IPL 2018: Overseas XI of the season

#9 Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

The Afghani spinner weaved his magic yet again in the IPL. He undoubtedly was SRH’s lead spinner throughout the tournament. No matter how good a start the opposition got, Rashid made sure that he pulled things back by picking regular wickets.

As all good players are, he was very consistent barring the two matches against KXIP and CSK. The leggie was excellent with his variations as well. Just when the batsmen started playing him as a googly bowler, he would bowl the leg break, deceiving the batsmen completely. His performance in the second qualifier against KKR was one of the best all-around performances in T-20 cricket.

M-17, Inn-17, Wickets- 21, Economy- 6.74

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#10 Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab)

The Australian bowler was picked for Rs. 7.2 crore by KXIP and he was “surprised” by that price tag. After KXIP’s campaign, that tag wasn’t really a “surprise” as Tye went on to scalp the highest number of wickets in the tournament.

He bowled the toughest overs for his side. The famous “knuckleball” almost seemed to be perfected by Tye. Most of his 24 wickets came of the variations, and not his stock delivery. Such impactful was his performance that, had the other players contributed a little more, KXIP had a good chance to qualify for the playoffs.

M-14, Inn14, Wickets-24, Economy-8.00, Best- 4/16

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#11 Trent Boult (Delhi Daredevils)

The New Zealand bowler had a lot of responsibility on him, especially after Kagiso Rabada was ruled out after an injury. Boult responded well to the situation as he eventually became DD’s lead fast bowler and like all lead bowlers do, he bowled the most difficult overs.

One of his finest spells in the IPL came against the Rajasthan Royals at the SMS stadium and not because he picked a five-for or a three-for. Boult just got the one wicket but it was the movement that he got that made that spell special. He bowled perfect test match lengths and made the batsman look foolish. If Rabada is fit to play next year, these two are set to form a deadly combo.

M-14, Inn-14, Wickets-18, Economy- 8.85, Best- 2/20