IPL 2023: 3 Teams Who Can Target Jamie Overton In The IPL Auction

IPL 2023: 3 Teams Who Can Target Jamie Overton In The IPL Auction.  Jamie Overton is one of the promising bowling all-rounders in the England domestic circuit. The tall and lanky pacer has featured in 88 first-class games and bagged 221 wickets at an average of 30.72. On the batting front, he has scored 2112 runs at an average of 21.33.

However, the 28-year-old has not been quite impressive in the shortest format. Though Jamie Overton has fared well with the bat, smashing 563 runs in 83 games at a strike rate of 173.23, he has been quite mediocre with the ball bagging 67 scalps at an alarming rate of 9.37.

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As Jamie Overton’s performances in the T20s are not up to the mark, it is quite tough for him to find a bidder at the upcoming player auction and given the Devon-born has kept his base price INR 2 crore, it makes his chances of featuring in IPL 2023 even bleaker.

Moreover, Jamie Overton has played just one international game so far and so he does not have much experience playing on the bigger stages. In his only debut Test, he scored 97 and took 2/146 in the Test match against New Zealand.

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Thus, one can witness the England all-rounder going unsold at the upcoming IPL 2023 auction. However, a few teams who have the highest purse value may bid for Jamie Overton.

Without any T20I or IPL experience, England’s pacer Jamie Overton has put himself in the INR 2 crore bracket for IPL 2023 Auction. Apart from his bowling abilities, Jamie Overton can be quite handy with the bat. However, franchises might tinker a bit before investing their INR 2 crore in the Englishman.

IPL 2023: 3 Teams Who Can Target Jamie Overton In The IPL Auction

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Sunrisers Hyderabad have the largest purse of INR 42.25 crores left among all franchises and also have to fill the remaining 4 overseas player slots. They may bid for Jamie Overton and pick him in the squad to form a potent pace attack with the likes of pacers Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar all of whom were retained.

2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings have the 3rd highest purse left of INR 20.45 crores after Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. They also have to fill 2 overseas slots. They may bid for Jamie Overton if they cannot acquire the services of another England pace all-rounder Sam Curran. Jamie Overton will form a lethal pace attack with Deepak Chahar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, and Shivam Dube.

3. Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Punjab Kings also have the 2nd highest funds left among all 10 franchises after Sunrisers Hyderabad heading into IPL 2023 mini-auction. They also have to fill 3 overseas player slots with INR 32.2 Crore left. If they groom rookie Jamie Overton, the franchise will form a lethal pace attack with the likes of retained Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, and Arshdeep Singh.

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