IPL 2019: 3 key overseas players for Chennai Super Kings

CSK is the most successful team in IPL
CSK is the most successful team in IPL

#2 Lungi Ngidi

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Ngidi has 11 wickets from 7 IPL matches
Ngidi has 11 wickets from 7 IPL matches

The 22-year-old Lungi Ngidi is one of South Africa's most promising young fast bowlers. In 2018, he was named as one of the five best South African Cricketers of the Year.

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He made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka in 2017 and a year later he made his Test debut against India. He won Man of the Match award on both occasions.

Ngidi has scalped 15 wickets in 4 Test matches at an average of 19.53, and 32 ODI wickets in 16 matches at an average of 21.81. In the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka, he has picked 7 wickets from 4 matches so far.

Ngidi made his IPL debut in 2018 for Chennai Super Kings, and he picked 11 wickets from 7 matches in that season. He usually bowls around 140 kph, and is expected to open the bowling attack for CSK this year.

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