IPL 2024: 3 players PBKS should have picked instead of Harshal Patel

3. Lockie Ferguson

The New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson is an out-and-out express fast bowler. He rarely bowls anything under 145 kph and has a good slower ball that can fox any batter. Along with Kagiso Rabada, Ferguson would’ve formed a deadly duo with the new ball for Punjab Kings. This would’ve left them with more overs of Sam Curran at the death. Punjab, not going after Lockie Ferguson can be put into a missed opportunity list in the IPL 2024 auction.

Ferguson has a good record of 37 wickets in 38 matches with a best of 4/28 and an economy of 8.66. Overall, in 136 T20s, Ferguson has 151 wickets with a best of 5/21 and an economy of 7.91, which is very good for a pacer with genuine pace in the format. He also recently led New Zealand to a T20I series win over Bangladesh in Bangladesh.