IPL 2018 : The best Overseas XI of this season

Bowlers

Trent Boult (Delhi Daredevils)

The only successful bowler from DD.

Had it not been for an ill-timed injury suffered by Kagiso Rabada, there is a very good chance that Trent Boult might have played only a handful of matches in this IPL. However, not only did Boult get a chance to play all the matches for Delhi Daredevils, he was the only DD bowler that actually managed to make an impact in the season. While the team was struggling to win matches, Boult was busy fighting for the purple cap.

Since his team finished as the lowest ranked team in the league stage, Boult's fight with other bowlers for the purple cap came to an end just after 14 matches. In those 14 matches, Boult was involved in 18 wickets of the opposition batsmen. With an economy of 8.84 and a stupendous strike rate of 17.55, Boult was one of the best fast bowlers in this IPL.

Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Exceptional, as always.

If anyone has any doubts regarding Rashid Khan's profess as the best bowler of this generation, I recommend you to watch his majestic performance against KKR in Qualifier 2. Not only did he take wickets as he mostly does, it was his late strikes with the bat and catches in the last over that made the difference. Even during the early stages of the tournament, he was as efficient as he was during the second half.

Rashid Khan did the same thing for SRH's bowling line-up that Kane Williamson did for the batting line-up - Lead by example. In the 16 matches that he played for SRH, Rashid accounted for 21 wickets, which is the joint second highest in the tournament and his economy of just 6.73 is the best among all the bowlers. Rashid Khan was the force that took Sunrisers to their 2nd IPL Final.

Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab)

The winner of the purple cap.

Andrew Tye made a dream debut in IPL last season when he took 12 wickets in just six matches, which included a hat-trick and a 5-wicket haul, that he played for Gujarat Lions. However, he took his stock to a whole new level with his unimaginable performances that not only cemented his place as the best bowler for Kings XI Punjab but also as the best bowler of the entire season.

So good was Tye throughout the season that, even though his competitors played three more matches than him, they failed to overtake him as the leading wicket-taker of IPL 2018. His 24 wickets in 14 matches were complimented by his three 4-wicket hauls, a stupendous bowling strike rate of 14.00 and an economy of 8.00 runs per over. Even though Punjab failed to win any award this season, Tye definitely deserved the purple cap and a spot in this team.