Top 5 Overseas Bowlers To Watch Out For In IPL 2021 Auction

Teams are in look out for overseas bowling options in IPL 2021 Auction. Here are our picks for the top bowling options available at the auction event which is to be held on February 18, 2021 at Chennai.

5. Nathan Coulter-Nile

Base Price: 1.5 crore INR

Mumbai Indians released pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile and his invaluable experience will be up for grabs at the auction event. Coulter-Nile’s ability with the bat gives him an edge over other pacers.

The Aussie pacer has 41 IPL wickets to his name at an average of 22.56. His economy rate of 7.71 comes in as a bonus for a bowler delivering at the toughest part of match situations.

4. Fidel Edwards

Base Price: 75 lakh INR

The 39 year old West Indies pacer is fit as a fiddle (no pun intended) and is still cranking up the pace, posing questions to batsmen all over. His longevity is a testament to his work out discipline. The round arm action in itself has found fans around the world since his playing days.

Fidel Edwards’ ability to york and bounce the opposition at will makes him a very lethal prospect. Edwards has 105 T20 wickets to his name at an average of 27.00 with a best of 5-22 – His career economy rate of 7.73 is impressive given he bowls at Powerplay and at the slog overs. His wicket taking ability when the batsmen are on the offensive grabs attention of the franchises.

Last time Fidel Edwards played in a IPL season, his team Deccan Chargers lifted the trophy.

3. Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Base Price: 1.5 crore INR

IPL and mystery spin go hand in hand. Every year franchises try to slot in a spinner who can turn both ways at will and fox the opponents. Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman fits the bill perfectly.

Mujeeb was released by Kings XI Punjab ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction. This gives a opportunity for other teams to grab this mystery spinner to their line up.

Mujeeb has the ability to bowl in the powerplay and strike through opponent attacks. With 145 wickets in 132 T20s at an average of 22.86, the off-spinner has a very impressive economy rate of 6.64 to his name.

2. Jhye Richardson

Base Price: 1.5 crore INR

The Aussie bowling all-rounder is another one of those Aussie cricketers that might attract max bids as many teams are in look out for the need for speed. Jhye Richardson also has the ability to slog with the bat which can work as an X-factor for many teams.

The 24 year old Aussie cricketer boasts a batting average of 20.08 powered by a strike rate of 137.71 which makes him a quint essential T20 cricketer teams would go after. He is coming from a impressive BBL 10 season where he picked 29 wickets in 17 innings at an average of 16.30 with an impressive bowling strike rate of 12.70 – a wicket every 2 overs! He also bowled the most dot balls (169) of the season.

1. Kyle Jamieson

Base Price: 75 lakh INR

The New Zealand pacer is already slated to be the heart throb of IPL 2021 auction. The 6’8″ tall all-rounder was the find of world cricket at the dawn of new decade. His best bowling figures of 6/7 in T20 cricket is just a cherry on top.

His impressive performances at home against Team India got every one noticing his talent and definitely the teams would get in to a busy bidding zone when his name pops up on the display.

With many teams looking to grab Jamieson – teams with high budget purse like RCB and KXIP might go strong at him. Only thing that goes against Jamieson is uncertainty over his adaptability to sub continental conditions.