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Brett Lara and Brian Lara name their favorites from the recently concluded IPL.
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The emergence of young Indian players was the highlight of IPL 2020.
The thirteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) concluded with Mumbai Indians (MI) becoming champions for the fifth time and defending the title for the first time.
The tournament also saw Capitals of Delhi (DC) reach the final for the first time and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) not being able to reserve a playoff spot for the first time. When the tournament concluded, the former Australian cricketer Brett lee He chose some players who impressed him the most with their performances this season.
Lee was mainly in awe of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) young opener Devdutt Padikkal Y Royals of Rajasthan (RR) off-road batting Rahul Tewatia while admitting that DC played a brave brand of cricket and praising fast players as well.
“It has been incredible. It has been difficult without fans, but for me the best part of this season has been the young Indian players who have come through. The Devdutt Padikkals, the Tewatias. We’ve seen the Delhi Capitals play really good cricket, so I’ll say fast players too, but I’ll always say fast players. “ Lee, who was the first bowler to hit a hat-trick in T20I, said while speaking to Star Sports.
In his first edition of the tournament, Padikkal racked up 473 runs in 15 innings with the help of five half centuries, while Tewatia was the team’s featured artist, scoring 255 runs and bagging 10 wickets in 14 games.
Meanwhile, the West Indies batting legend Brian Lara stated that Chris Gayle’s performance for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) it was “incredible to watch” at IPL 2020. The “Boss of the Universe” racked up 277 runs averaging 41.14 in seven innings.
“I think the boss of the universe, Chris Gayle. The reason is that if there were 50-60 thousand people watching, and when it came to the tournament in the second half, “ Lara said.
“His performances and how he got Kings XI Punjab moving forward and almost getting there. I think it was amazing to see him and Kings XI Punjab change course. “ added the 51-year-old.
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