IPL 2021: Best overseas XI of the tournament so far
The tournament was a witness to some high-quality showings from the overseas professionals.
2. Jonny Bairstow (WK)
The Englishman didn’t even have a guaranteed place in the playing XI ahead of the season given the combination they used during the backend of last season. However, Kane Williamson’s injury meant that he got the nod for the first game.
He made the most of it as he scored a fifty and made himself undroppable for at least the next couple of games. He scored two half-centuries and a further three 30+ scores in seven games and was their best batsman.
He scored 248 runs in 7 games at an average of 41.33 while having a strike rate of 141.71. The wicket-keeper was their only batsman with more than 200 runs and was also the only one with a strike rate of more than 130 (minimum 40 runs).
Although his fellow Englishman, Jos Buttler scored more runs than him, Bairstow edged him by virtue of greater consistency as Buttler scored nearly half of his runs in just one game.
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