IPL 2018: Top 3 Pace Bowling Attacks

IPL has always brought the best talents from around the world to a single stage and 2018 promises to be no different. 8 teams this year will be trying their best to lay their hands on the coveted IPL trophy.

This year's auction saw the teams trying their best to get the best players on board. The fact that Jaidev Unadkat yielded amongst the highest bids in the auction shows that the teams have realized the importance of having quality pace bowlers in the team

Pace bowlers will be an important factor in any team that would finally lift the trophy and this year IPL has some seriously talented pace bowlers. Let's have a look at the best pace bowling attacks in this year's tournament

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#3 Delhi Daredevils

Rabada will have a big role to play for Delhi this year

Delhi Daredevils is one of the three teams to have never won an IPL title even once. This year though the management has assembled an extremely impressive squad. 2018 may well be the year when Delhi might end the title drought.

Delhi has the services of some of the best pace bowlers in the world this time. It has the likes of Rabada, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult, Chris Morris and Vijay Shankar in its fold. The fact that Boult might not even get a place in the playing XI is an indication of the strength of the Delhi pace attack.

Rabada and Shami can bowl at the beginning and in the death overs while Vijay Shankar has the capability to control the game in the middle overs along with the spinners. Chris Morris is a death overs specialist and the Delhi team, therefore, has all bases covered in their pace bowling department this year.

#2 Mumbai Indians

Bumrah has been extremely impressive for both Indian and Mumbai

Mumbai Indians will be coming into the IPL this year as the defending champions. The Mumbai side is the most successful team in IPL in terms of winning the IPL trophies and hence has a lot of expectations to meet this year.

Mumbai Indians has a group of phenomenal bowlers playing for them this year. Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur, Pat Cummins, Mitchell McClenaghan and Hardik Pandya will all be lining up for Mumbai Indians this year.

Mumbai has one of the best domestic bowler partnering the foreign fast bowler. The thing that makes the attack even more impressive is the fact that the Mumbai team has room for two overseas pace bowlers to be picked in the playing XI and we might see Bumrah, Cummins, and Mustafizur together bowl 12 overs for the Mumbai team.

#1 Sunrisers Hyderabad

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the best pace bowler across the 3 formats

Sunrisers Hyderabad won their first IPL trophy in 2015 thanks to some impressive pace bowlers and therefore the team knows the importance of having the best pace bowlers in the team.

Hyderabad has the best names in International and domestic cricket in their pace bowling team. The best bowler in world cricket across all formats of the game Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be leading the attack. He will be supported by the best domestic T20 bowlers in Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan and Sandeep Sharma.

The team also has the services of Billy Stanlake, Chris Jordan, and Carlos Brathwaite. The best part about the Hyderabad pace bowlers is that the team has bowlers who can bowl at any stage of the game. The variety and the ability to bowl in all the stages of the game is a definite advantage that this team has