IPL 2020: Predicting and ranking the death-bowling pairs of all 8 teams

#3 Sunrisers Hyderabad - Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Siddarth Kaul

Will Bhuvneshwar Kumar be at full fitness in IPL 2020?

While there are questions lingering over Bhuvneshwar Kumar's fitness, he is expected to be a key part of SRH's death-bowling partnership this IPL alongside fellow Indian pacer Siddarth Kaul.

Both Kumar and Kaul have played this exact role for SRH over the past few years, and work well together. David Warner's side have always been known for their variations while bowling, and the knuckle ball, which both bowlers have perfected, will be one of their key weapons.

This partnership is both potent and has a ton of IPL experience, and finds a place at #3 on this list.

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#2 Delhi Capitals - Kagiso Rabada and Daniel Sams

Kagiso Rabada will have support from the other end at the death in IPL 2020

Daniel Sams has never played in the IPL before and was called in only as a replacement for Jason Roy, but there is good reason to believe that the left-armer will have a big role to play.

DC have strong Indian contingents in the batting and spin-bowling departments, and they can afford to play two overseas pacers unlike all other teams on this list.

Shreyas Iyer's side will probably give Sams the nod ahead of Anrich Nortje, since the former has performed admirably in the Big Bash League. Boasting of a potent slower ball, the Australian will partner the ever-present Kagiso Rabada in what will be a solid death-bowling partnership.

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#1 Mumbai Indians - Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult

Jasprit Bumrah is arguably the best death bowler in any IPL 2020 team

The fact that MI's partnership of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult might largely be because of the prowess of the former, but the Kiwi quick has vast experience at the international and IPL level.

Not much needs to be said about Bumrah, who is arguably the greatest death bowler in the world at the moment. Boult, on the other hand, has been expensive in the past, but can be trusted to produce the goods for an MI side that made their intentions clear by trading for him.

Bumrah and Boult are undoubtedly the best death-bowling pair in IPL 2020, at least on paper.

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