IPL 2018: Ranking 5 best Indian fast bowlers this season

Fast bowlers are dominating IPL this IPL campaign. Only one spinner features in the list of top 5 wicket-takers of the tournament, showing how good the seamers are this season. With 24 wickets, Australian seamer Andrew Tye is the top wicket-taker in the tournament.

Indian medium pacers too are having an exceptional IPL campaign. Young Indian seamers like Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, and Ankit Rajpoot have impressed a lot this season. Most of these quicks clocked 90 mph and bowled with a lot of heart and intent.

On that note, let’s take a look at the 5 best Indian fast bowlers in the tournament.

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#5 Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma pips Shardul Thakur by a smallest of margins to take the fifth place in our rankings. Though the Chennai Super Kings seamer has picked up more wickets, he conceded a lot of runs throughout the season.

Sandeep Sharma has picked up 11 wickets from 11 games in the tournament at an impressive economy rate of 7.02. He took the new ball for Sunrisers Hyderabad and did a great job in the Powerplay overs.

Sunrisers are arguably the best bowling unit in IPL and Sandeep Sharma is obviously one of the reasons. His accuracy and ability to swing the new ball has produced great results for his franchise. One more good game could land him the IPL title.

#4 Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar impressive in IPL 2018

Deepak Chahar is one of the best new ball bowlers in IPL 2018. The Rajasthan medium pacer came into the tournament after an impressive Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament 2017/18, where he picked up 19 wickets.

The 25-year-old took the new ball in most of the league games for Chennai Super Kings and did an incredible job.

He swung the ball and troubled a lot of batsmen with his accuracy and movement of the deck. Chahar has picked up 10 wickets this season at an economy rate of 7.40. Bought for a meager Rs 80 lakh in the 2018 auction, Chahar has been impressive throughout the IPL campaign. Dhoni would want him to give one more good performance in the final on Sunday.

#3 Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah led the Mumbai Indian pace attack well

Jasprit Bumrah has been a consistent performer in IPL for the last three seasons. Though this was not his best IPL season, he has managed to pick up 17 wickets from 14 games. He started slow but picked up well late in the campaign.

The 24-year-old led the Mumbai Indians bowling attack and bowled really well. He was consistent with his line and length early in the innings and used his subtle variations in the death overs.

For the second season in a row, Bumrah is on the list of top 10 wicket-takers of the tournament. His economy rate of 6.88 is unbelievably good, even by his standards, considering he bowls mostly in the power play and late in the innings.

#2 Siddharth Kaul

Kaul is in great form this season

Siddharth Kaul has been a revelation in IPL 2018. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar not at his best, this season, Kaul has led Sunrisers pace attack. He bowled well with the new ball and was excellent in the death overs.

In 16 games this season, the 28-year-old has picked up 21 wickets at an economy rate of 8. He is only behind Andre Tye in the list for most wicket-takers this season. He used the knuckleball well and dismissed Sunil Narine with a beauty in the qualifier two.

His excellent performances for SRH has got him a place in the Indian team for the tour of England. Kaul could even win the purple cap this season if he manages to pick up three more wickets in the finals on Sunday.

#1 Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav was deadly with the new ball

Umesh Yadav is the most impressive Indian fast bowler in IPL this season. The man form Vidarbha was phenomenal for Royal Challengers Bangalore and single-handedly carried their bowling attack.

The 30-year-old has picked up 20 wickets in the tournament from 14 games at an economy rate of 7.86. He was unbelievably good with the new ball and bowled with a lot of venom and pace. He is the fourth highest wicket-taker in the tournament as of now.

Bought for Rs 4.2 crores in the 2018 auction, Umesh Yadav picked up a lot of wickets in the power play overs. His exceptional IPL performances have earned him a place in the Indian team for the England series.