Some of the team are facing problem of lack good bowler at death. With World T20 around we look at some of the crucial bowlers in present generation who had served for their team as good bowler in final overs.
Here are Top 5 Best Bowlers in Death Overs:
5. Mitchell Johnson, Australia:
Johnson, who is nursing for a toe infection will be missing the tournament. But looking at his performances he is one of the useful death overs bowler for Aussies who will be missing him. The left-arm paceman will be tough to face even on the low and slow wickets in Bangladesh due to his ability to generate express pace from the surfaces. His accurate swinging deliveries with the new ball and his progress of bowling out fast yorkers in the death overs make him a genuine match-winner in the 20-over format.
4. Sunil Narine, West Indies:
This West Indian is the latest addition to the mystery spinners with his ability to turn the ball accurately in both directions without any variation in the bowling action. Batsmen have found extreme difficulty to score against this off-spinner who bowls at low economy rate of 5.85 in the batting-dominated format. Narine’s miserly bowling puts extra pressure on the batsmen to score offs the other bowlers and he is expected to be a key player during the defending champions’ campaign. Usually he is the main pick of the team for the death overs as his overs will be save for second half of the innings.
3. Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan:
Another key bowler in Pakistan team, Ajmal, who was the joint second highest wicket-taker in 2009 their World Twenty20 triumph, will frustrate the batsmen with his tricks. This off-spinner is the best exponent of the ‘doosra’, who is also the most successful bowler in the T20 format. Team depends heavily on Ajmal’s ability of restricting the scoring rate and picking up wickets under pressure. Along with Shahid Afridi, Ajmal quickly bowls through the middle overs to create extra pressure on the batsmen. Sometimes he will be saved for the final overs to restrict the opponent’s going in the death overs.
2. Umar Gul, Pakistan:
This 29-year-old Pakistan paceman is a one of the experienced of the Twenty20 format, having proved his utility time and again. Gul was the highest wicket-taker in the inaugural edition of the 2007 World T20 event, when Pakistan finished as runner-up to India, and again in 2009 when his team won the title. He hasn’t been in a great form since his return from a long injury gap but is still capable of generating concerning bounce and can bowl yorkers in the closing stages of the innings.
1. Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka:
Malinga till now played international cricket for almost 10 years but batsmen are still struggle to read this paceman with a sling-shot action. Malinga’s fast, unorthodox action, toe-crushing yorkers, slow bouncers and perfect accuracy makes him one of modern day cricket’s most dependable bowlers. This 30-year-old plays only the shorter formats these days and it is difficult to score briskly off him due to his variations. In the death overs he is still more dangerous with his deadly Yorkers. He would be one of the threat in final overs in this World T20.
