One Indian bowler each team should release before IPL 2019

#4 Mohit Sharma - Kings XI Punjab

The career of Mohit Sharma has taken a downturn ever since the 2015 World Cup. The former CSK star has struggled to impress in the IPL during the past few years. Mohit has picked up just 33 wickets during the last 3 years in IPL. During the last year as well, Mohit picked up just 7 wickets from 9 matches and went for more than 10 runs per over. Mohit’s USP was his back off the hand slower delivery which batsmen struggled to pick in the death overs. But now the Haryana pacer has become too predictable and is clobbered around the park at the end.

Punjab have a good variety in the pace attack in the form of Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, and Barinder Sran. Mohit is surplus to their requirements at the moment. Punjab’s team management should release Mohit ahead of IPL 2019 and should instead sign a capable middle-order batsman as the middle order batting was their Achilles’ heel last season when the bulk of the scoring was done by the likes of KL Rahul and Chris Gayle.