Exclusive: Just One Player From KKR Makes The Cut As Their Ex-Spinner Piyush Chawla Reveals His All-Time IPL XI
Published - 07 Jul 2020, 12:21 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:31 AM
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Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla has revealed his all-time IPL XI. The leg-spinner is one of the most experienced players in the IPL at present. He is one of the very few players who are playing in the IPL since its inception in 2008. The 2011 World Cup-winner started his IPL career with Kings XI Punjab and represented them from 2008 to 2013.
He then moved to Kolkata Knight Riders and won his first IPL in 2014. He was instrumental in Knight Riders’ success and had famously pulled Mitchell Johnson for a six during the final. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 IPL which has been suspended indefinitely in the light of the pandemic.
Having played 12 seasons of the league, he recently revealed his all-time IPL XI while speaking exclusively to CricketAddictor. He picked only one player from his previous IPL team Knight Riders while picking three players each from Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Two each from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore also made the cut.
The veteran spinner started by naming Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner as the openers of the team. At number three, he went for Suresh Raina who is the second leading run-scorer in the tournament. Piyush Chawla picked Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli for the fourth spot. Kohli is the leading run-scorer in the history of the league.
Kohli was followed by his IPL teammate AB de Villiers at number five. For the sixth spot, Piyush Chawla went for the legendary MS Dhoni who is the most decorated skipper in the tournament. Piyush Chawla picked two allrounders in his team – Ravindra Jadeja and Andre Russell.
For the bowling department, he went for two pacers – Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah and one spinner in the form of Rashid Khan.
Piyush Chawla’s IPL XI:
Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Andre Russell, Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
