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IPL 2022: Yuzvendra Chahal is the Jos Buttler of the bowling department – Harbhajan Singh lauds leg-spinner

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has lauded the consistency of Yuzvendra Chahal in the Tata Indian Premier League 2022.

Chahal has done a fantastic job for Rajasthan Royals in the 15th edition of the lucrative Twenty20 league as he delivered the goods for the inaugural champions.

Chahal was not retained by his former team Royal Challengers before the IPL 2022 mega auction and he was brought for INR 6.50 crores by RR. In fact, RCB didn’t make a single bid for the leg-spinner in the mega auction.

Meanwhile, Chahal has taken 26 wickets in 16 matches (before the IPL Final) of Tata IPL 2022 while playing for Rajasthan Royals and thus he has played a key role in getting his team to the final of the tournament. Furthermore, he has bowled with an economy rate of 7.92 and he has done a fine job in the middle overs for Sanju Samson.

Harbhajan praised Chahal and told Sportskeeda, “Yuzvendra Chahal is the Jos Buttler of the bowling department. He has won matches with his bowling performances. In my opinion, he is the only slow bowler in the IPL who is bowling like a spinner. He is bowling slowly in the air, spinning the ball and enticing the batters to come out of the crease and go after him. Other spinners are bowling quick and are spinners for namesake. Spinners are supposed to spin the ball. That’s where you will get wickets.”

On the other hand, RR gun fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has impressed with his extra pace and bounce. Krishna has scalped 18 wickets in 16 matches of Tata IPL 2022 (before IPL Final) and he has done a fine job for RR. The lanky fast bowler from Karnataka bowled a fine spell against RCB in the second qualifier as he returned with impressive figures of 3-22 in his quota of four overs.

The Turbanator added any national team will want to have a bowler like him in their ranks.

“Prasidh Krishna has been phenomenal for RR. I played with him at KKR last season and observed him closely. Any national team would want to have a bowler like him. He is tall, gets bounce, and has a very good seam position. He is quick as well and very hardworking. Great to see the way Rajasthan have handled him. Credit to (Kumar) Sangakkara and team for looking after all the players.”

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