IPL 2022: Team of the tournament

May 30, 2022

Mohammad Shami

Man who started tournament with first ball-wicket, got man of match in 1st match and he didn’t looked back. Shami, almost in every match provided Gujarat Titans a great start by taking wickets inside the powerplay overs. Shami finished the tournament with 20 wickets in 16 innings. Mohammad Shami never allowed batsmans to open their arms and play freely.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal after playing with RCB for 8 seasons, was released by team ahead of auction. Chahal shown his class and finished with “Purple Cap” winner. Chahal took 27 wickets in 17 innings. He has bowled tough overs for RR this season. On off days, he got smashed by batsmans, but he was always a wicket-taker and game changer.

Umran Malik

Jammu and Kashmir speedster who was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natrajan shown his class this season. Umran Malik was backed by SRH management after poor performance in first few matches. His extra pace proved to be his strength and in next matches he bowled unplayable yorkers.

He bowled consistently at a speed of 150kmph. Umran Malik also bowled 2nd fastest delivery in IPL 2022(157Kmph). He finished the season with 22 wickets in 14 matches, although he was economical. Umran got selected in Indian team after a massive IPL.

David Miller(12th Man)

Most improved player this season, David Miller played role of finisher and won 3-4 matches for Gujarat Titans which were looking difficult to win. Miller ended the season with 481 runs in 16 innings at an average of 68.71 and strike rate of 142.73.