IPL 2019: 3 overseas Fast Bowlers who had a dream IPL debut last week

The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League has crossed the one-third mark with the completion of 21 out of the 60 matches. At this stage, KKR is at the top of the points table along with the ever-present CSK, while SRH and MI are not far behind.

RCB and RR are languishing at the bottom of the table with RCB having lost all their six matches in the tournament. While KXIP is very much in contention, DC has shown improved performances this year.

In this year’s edition of the IPL, so many experienced international fast bowlers like Andrew Tye, Tim Southee, Dwayne Bravo, and Mitchell McClenaghan went for plenty of runs.

Tye has an economy of 9.58 while Southee has given away a staggering 85 runs in 6 overs at an economy of 14.17. Bravo is unimpressive with an economy of 9.37 and McClenaghan is more expensive at 9.90.

While the veteran overseas fast bowlers were taken to the cleaners, 3 overseas fast bowlers who made their IPL debut this week have been impressive. Let us have a glimpse of those 3 overseas bowlers.

# 3. Jason Behrendorff (MI)

Jason Behrendorff - A wicket off the fourth ball in IPL( Image Courtesy IPL T20.com/BCCI)

The Australian fast bowler Jason Behrendorff made his IPL debut for MI against arch-rivals CSK in the 15th match of IPL 2019. He was fortunate to make his debut on a fast and bouncy wicket at the Wankhede.

CSK was chasing an above par score of 170 when Jason struck in his very first over in the IPL. After bowling 3 beauties to Shane Watson, Ambati Rayadu got an unplayable delivery first up which took off from a good length to catch the edge of Rayadu’s bat. Rayadu’s initial front foot trigger movement made him an easy target to Behrendorff’s perfect outswinger.

In Jason’s second over, Suresh Raina found a way to create some room to loft the ball over extra cover for a six. Raina repeated the same shot in Behrendorff’s next over for a four.

But Jason had the last laugh when he tempted Raina with a similar delivery wide outside the off stump which Raina heaved to the point boundary. Pollard who was stationed there at the point boundary came up with a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Raina. Pollard gifted Behrendorff with his second IPL wicket in his third over.

Jason Behrendorff finished his first IPL match with figures of 4-0-22-2. His advent has changed the fortunes of Mumbai with wins over CSK and SRH.

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#2. Scott Kuggeleijn (CSK)

Scott Kuggeleijn - A quick learner (Image Courtesy: IPL T20.com/BCCI)

When CSK announced the New Zealand all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn as a replacement for the injured Lungi Ngidi, many were surprised by the selection. But the CSK coach Stephen Fleming was spot on with his selection. Scott is relatively an unknown quantity in International cricket having represented New Zealand in 2 ODIs and 4 T20I.

The injury to Dwayne Bravo hastened Kuggeleijn’s IPL debut which he made against KXIP at Chepauk in the 18th match of IPL 2019. His first ball in IPL went for a six. When he was again brought back for his second over in the 12th over of the innings, both batsmen KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan were well settled. Sarfaraz relished on Scott’s bowling scoring 16 runs in his second over.

During the strategic time-out taken at the end of the 14th over, Stephen Fleming had a pep talk with Kuggeleijn which did the trick for him. He was a totally different bowler when he came back to complete his spell in the 18th and 20th over of the innings.

By then the Kiwi bowler has been made to comprehend the effectiveness of bowling slower deliveries by banging it short on the slow Chepauk wicket. In his third over, he got the all-important wicket of K.L. Rahul conceding a mere 7 runs in the over. In his last over, he got the wicket of Sarfaraz Khan. After conceding 27 runs in his first 2 overs, Scott came back incredibly well conceding 10 runs in his last 2 overs claiming 2 wickets in the process.

Scott Kuggeleijn had an excellent IPL debut as a bowler. He is quite capable of making a useful contribution with the bat for CSK in the coming matches.

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#1.Alzarri Joseph (MI)

Alzarri Joseph - An unbelievable spell(Image Courtesy: IPL T20.com/BCCI)

The Mumbai Indians think tank must be completed for choosing Alzarri Joseph as a replacement for the injured New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne. The West Indian fast bowler Joseph was in the news when he showed a lot of character to make his appearance on the field in a recent Test match against England even after hearing the news about the demise of his mother.

He would not have made his IPL debut against SRH had Lasith Malinga been available. As it turned out, Joseph made use of that opportunity to return with record-breaking bowling figures of 6 for 12 in IPL history.

Joseph broke the record of the previous best bowling figures of 6 for 14 held by Sohail Tanvir in the first IPL in 2008. As far as the record of a debutant is concerned, he has bettered Andrew Tye’s best debut bowling record of 5 for 17.

When Alzarri Joseph came on to bowl, SRH chasing a moderate score of 138, was comfortably placed at 34 for 1 in 4 overs needing another 104 runs in 16 overs. His very first ball in IPL fashioned him the prize wicket of the orange cap holder David Warner.

It was a nothing delivery bowled wide outside the off-stump which Warner somehow contrived to drag it onto his stumps. His first over in IPL was a wicket maiden. Joseph got his second wicket in his second over with a short-pitched delivery which the in-form Vijay Shankar skied to Hardik Pandya at the point.

Joseph came back for his second spell in the 16th over of the innings and took two wickets off successive deliveries. While Deepak Hooda played onto a full-length delivery, Rashid Khan succumbed to the bouncer.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed to avert the hat-trick but was cleaned up one ball later in the first ball of Alzarri’s next over. Now He had 3 wickets in 4 balls and a 5 wicket haul. Joseph went on to break the 11-year-old IPL record when he had the last man Siddarth Kaul caught behind.

As a result of Joseph’s terrific bowling efforts, SRH was bundled out for 96, their lowest IPL total. Alzarri Joseph had his dream IPL debut.

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