by Indian Premier League (IPL) has already started and each team has been analyzed in different departments taking several criteria into consideration. With few players expected to leave early and top Indian players taking rest for the coming World Cup, the balance of the team is rated on the squad depth, based on current form, past reputation and performance in the previous season, strength and weakness of each player in the IPL teams are rated on 5 parameters.
This season of IPL is considered to be the most peculiar of all the previous ones because of the low attention of the annual event as the ICC World Cup is to be played soon after the tournament.
Let us have a look at the top 5 IPL teams which are sure to make this season worth a watch
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Out of all the IPL teams, this team comes out as the most balanced one having Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers and Parthiv Patel to threaten any bowling attack. The bowling line is well settled with Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Siraj supported by Tim Southee and Nathan Coulter Nile, spin department led by Yuzvendra Chahal, bowling looks strong and balanced along with Moeen Ali and Washington Sundar. With the 5 best all-rounders, the team looks to be an exciting buy. Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube strengthen the batting line up; Shivam Dube to be specific is a perfect strength. The best part of the team is the one who is known to be the most successful limited over captain, Virat Kohli who is in his best form.
Chennai Super Kings:
Having Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Shane Watson along with the captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team is more than dangerous in the batting order. Having Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav and Dwayne Bravo as all-rounders is like a cherry on the cake for this team that adds to their strength. All of these factors makes them one of the best teams in the IPL and there is no doubt why this powerhouse has won the IPL title thrice already.
Mumbai Indians:
This is one of the most well balanced IPL team this season having 7 players to bowl and around 8 players who can bat. Having Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Pandya Brothers, Yuvraj Singh to lead the batting squad. Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff and Mitchell McCleneghan adding charm to the bowling and Ben Cutting, Kieron Pollard as all-rounders makes this team one of the strongest contender out of the other IPL teams this season.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team is led by one of the most experienced player Dinesh Kartik followed by best players around the world which includes, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill for their terrific batting and Piyush Chawla, Carlos Brathwaite, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Shrikant Mundhe, Nitish Rana, Kuldeep Yadav as bowlers and all rounders are all strengthening the aspirations of the team.
Kings XI Punjab:
Having K L Rahul and Chris Gayle as opening batsmen the team definitely looks firing this year. Apart from these 2, Nicholas Pooran looks convincing who can give the batting side the much needed push. The team has an experienced captain and a bowler Ravichandran Ashwin supported at their best by other bowlers and all-rounders like Mohammad Shami, Harpreet Brar, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Moises Henriques, Sarfaraz Khan, Ankit Rajpoot and Mayank Agarwal.
No wonder why these IPL teams look strong enough to rule this season with their strong capabilities. The strength of these teams are good enough to rescue themselves in times of peril.
