IPL 2019: Ranking the wrist spinners of each team

2018 saw the meteoric rise of Kuldeep Yadav in International cricket
2018 saw the meteoric rise of Kuldeep Yadav in International cricket

#3 Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is ICC's Top T20I bowler at the moment
Rashid Khan is ICC's Top T20I bowler at the moment

The only team on the list with just one wrist-spinner. But such is the might of Rashid Khan, that Sunrisers Hyderabad still features at No. 3 on the list.

The current leader of the ICC T20I bowling rankings, Rashid Khan, scalped 96 wickets in 61 T20 games last year with an economy of 6.35. He was the leading wicket-taker of the year in the format.

While there's no doubt that SRH have the best T20 wrist-spinner in their side but there's still doubt on his availability during the entire tournament.

He might be called early to prepare for World Cup 2019. This could prove costly to SRH in the later stages of the tournament as they don't have any back-up wrist spinners.


#2 Delhi Capitals: Amit Mishra and Sandeep Lamichanne

Experience + Mystery: DC's spin twins
Experience + Mystery: DC's spin twins

Amit Mishra will lead Delhi Capitals' spin attack in IPL 2019. He's an IPL veteran and holds the record for most number of Hat-tricks (3) in IPL.

He also features at No. 2 in the list of all-time wicket-takers in IPL. His IPL 2018 performance was good but not extraordinarily great. He scalped 12 wickets in 10 appearances with an economy of 7.13.

To accompany Mishra's experience, Delhi has the mystery of Nepal's teenage sensation Sandeep Lamichanne.

The guy has picked 44 wickets in 30 T20 games he has played so far and the economy is an impressive 6.48.

Both the spinners will be available for the entirety of the tournament unless they catch an injury. It'll be interesting to see if DC choose to field them together in the tournament.

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