IPL 2018: Key seamers from each team

There's hardly a month left for the world's most popular domestic T20 league to begin. This year's Indian Premier League is going to be a blockbuster as it marks the return of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

Seamers have always played a big role in every aspect of the game. IPL has also been successful in bringing out seamers like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Sidharth Kaul etc.

Let's go through the seamers from each franchise who can be a threat to all the batsmen and will be up for the purple cap. The current purple cap holder is Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who will be up to win the purple cap for the third consecutive year.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Mitchell Starc

Starc has constantly troubled batsmen

Mitchell Starc was the best buy for the Knight Riders in this year's IPL Auction. He was bought for a price of Rs. 9.40 Cr. It was certain that he would be bought for a whopping price, looking at his numbers in all three formats of the game.

He has played twenty T20Is in his career and bagged 30 wickets at a fantastic economy of 6.78. Apart from this, in his 72 ODI matches, he has bagged 141 wickets at an exceptional economy of 4.93. His dangerous bouncers and sticky yorkers haven't left any of the world class batsmen untroubled.

Starc has immensely contributed to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous editions. He played 27 matches for them and bagged 34 wickets at a decent economy of 7.17. He will be up to represent a different team altogether and would be looking forward to disturbing all the batsmen with his pace and bounce.

Mumbai Indians - Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah will be up to disturb the batsmen with his yorkers

Bumrah has been in a sensational form in international cricket lately. The credits for his performance has to go to the Mumbai Indians for finding his potential and preparing him for competitive cricket. He has emerged as a death over specialist for his team and has been highly economical as well.

In the 34 T20Is he's played, he has bagged 41 wickets at an exceptional economy of 6.86. He also proved to be a highly effective bowler with the red ball against South Africa earlier this year. If we talk about his ODI Career, he has bagged 64 wickets in his 37 matches at an incredible economy of 4.65.

Bumrah has evolved as a successful bowler in international cricket due to his consistency in the IPL. In the last edition, he bagged 20 wickets in 16 matches at an economy of 7.35. Bumrah will hope to trouble the batsmen with his yorkers and win the purple cap for the first time.

Chennai Super Kings - Shardul Thakur

Thakur has been in great form in the Nidahas Trophy

Thakur has shown some promising performances for the Indian team in the South African Tour and Nidahas Trophy. He has impressed everyone with his knuckle balls and has been a very economical bowler during the death overs.

In his short international career, he has played six T20Is he has bagged eight wickets. He was also adjudged as the Man of the Match in the second match of Nidahas Trophy for his figures of 4/27.

Thakur found his berth in international cricket due to his performance in his first-class career. He has played 55 matches and bagged a mouthwatering 188 wickets at a sensational economy of 3.10.

Thakur will be up for an altogether different team this season and would be looking to make an impact this season.

Delhi Daredevils - Kagiso Rabada

Rabada's pace has proved to be troublesome for various batsmen

Rabada's pace and bouncers have proved to be troublesome for the batsmen. He is known for constantly bowling over 140 mph. He was impressive in the Test and ODI Series against India and didn't allow the Indian batsmen to accelerate during the death overs, which makes him a worthy bowler.

He has played 16 T20Is in his career and bagged 22 wickets. He was also the youngest bowler to become the world's No.1 bowler. In his ODI Career, he has bagged 75 wickets in his 48 matches at an impressive average of 5.11.

Rabada will be looking forward to continue his exemplary performance in the IPL and prove to be a threat to all the batsman.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Kumar will be up to win the purple cap for the third consecutive time

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is known to trouble the batsmen with his swing and has proved to be a very economical bowler for the Indian cricket team.

He has played 26 T20Is in his career and bagged 28 wickets at an incredible economy of 6.74. If we talk about his test career, he has bagged 63 wickets in his 21 matches at an exceptional economy of 2.94. Bhuvneshwar has proved to be a very effective bowler for the Indian team in all the three formats.

His performance in the IPL has been exemplary, which got him two purple caps in successions. In the last edition, Kumar bagged 26 wickets in 14 matches at a fantastic economy of 7.05. He will be up to give a promising performance for the Sunrisers this season and go onto win the purple cap for the third consecutive time.

Kings XI Punjab - Andrew Tye

Tye was bought for 7.20 Cr by the Kings XI Punjab

Tye has been in a sensational form for Australia in limited overs cricket. His pace and yorkers have proved to be a threat for all the batsman and as a result, he was bought for a whopping price of Rs. 7.20 Cr by the Kings XI Punjab.

Tye has played 12 T20Is and bagged 16 wickets at a decent strike rate of 16.25. His credibility increases when we look onto his ODI Career. He has played four ODIs and bagged eight wickets at an exceptional strike rate of 4.63. He also has a five-wicket hall in his ODI Career.

Tye proved to be an effective player for the Gujarat Lions in the last season where he bagged 12 wickets in 6 matches at an incredible economy of 6.71. He also proved to be a hard-hitting batsman when he scored 30 runs against Mumbai Indians.

Tye would be looking forward to representing the Kings XI this season and showcase his exemplary form this season as well.

Rajasthan Royals - Jofra Archer

Archer immensely contributed to the Hobart Hurricanes to take them to the final

Although Jofra Archer is an uncapped player from Windies, his current form in the Big Bash League forced the Royals to buy him for a whopping price of Rs. 7.20 Cr.

Archer came into limelight in the BBL where he bagged 17 wickets in 13 matches at an incredible average of 21.90. His best bowling figures in the league was 3/4 and he played a huge role in taking his team Hobart Hurricanes to the BBL Final.

Archer has played 41 T20s in his career and bagged 50 wickets at an exceptional average of 23.28. Archer would be up to show his mark in the IPL by troubling the world class batsmen with his pace.

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Nathan Coulter Nile

Coulter-Nile has troubled the batsmen with his swing variations

Nathan Coulter-Nile was given some splendid performances for Australia and Perth Scorchers. His in-swings and out-swings have been a trouble for all the batsmen. This was the reason he was bought for Rs. 2.20 Cr. by RCB.

He has played 19 T20Is and bagged 23 wickets at a decent average of 25.0. His credibility increases when it comes to his ODI Career, where, in his 21 games, he has bagged 37 wickets at an overwhelming economy of 5.07.

In his entire T20 Career, he has played 86 matches and bagged 105 wickets. The Aussie seamer will be up to trouble all the world-class batsmen and immensely contribute to the Royal Challengers Bangalore.