All-time best overseas IPL XI
The overseas players not only elevate the quality of cricket being played, but they have also helped IPL become a global brand, and perhaps even the most competitive tournament in the sport.
10. Dale Steyn
The Steyn Gun, one of the greatest fast bowlers of the new millennium finds a spot in this XI despite not having played regularly in the last few years. His last full-fledged season was in 2014, but despite that Steyn has picked up 96 wickets in 92 games at a brilliant economy of 6.76.
He’s been the 3rd highest wicket-taker amongst overseas pacers. Steyn was skilled enough to swing the ball in the powerplay as well as bowl yorkers in the death. He’s played for a number of franchises from Bangalore to Gujarat and even Hyderabad. While he couldn’t replicate the extraordinary success of international cricket in IPL, he has still been an asset for all teams he has played for.
Since 2015, he has had been plagued by a number of injuries and hardly played 6-7 games since then. However, Steyn announced his test retirement in 2019 to focus on limited-overs cricket and has done since well. He will be turning out for RCB once again, and his franchise will be hoping he can reproduce some of his old magic.
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