IPL 2021: Ranking all 8 teams based on their all-rounders

All-rounders are an essential part of cricket teams and they are the ones who provide balance to the team. A team would find it extremely difficult to function without them as they give flexibility to the team and having more than one all-rounder even allows the team to play an extra batsman or an extra bowler. We have seen several world-class all-rounders in the history of the IPL including the likes of Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, and Andre Russell.

Even in general, all-rounders are considered to be among the biggest matchwinners as they usually have two chances to impact the game in a substantial way. Even in the upcoming IPL, there will be several top-class all-rounders in action and they can prove to be the key once again. Mumbai Indians have won the last 2 titles and they have some of the very best in that role as well. In the same line, here is-

Ranking of IPL franchises based on their all-rounders

8. Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals had their most successful campaign last season as they finished 2^nd to the Mumbai Indians. As a result, they didn’t have to change their squad a whole lot and were relatively quiet during the auction. Their primary all-rounder will be Marcus Stoinis, who was one of their best players last season.

He scored 352 runs in 17 games at a strike rate of nearly 150 and also picked up 13 wickets as their 6^th bowler. Their other all-rounder, Axar Patel is also quite good and chipped in with some important contributions. The left-handed batsman can play big shots during the fag end of the innings and is primarily a container with the ball, and doesn’t really pick up many wickets.

Ravichandran Ashwin is a world-class all-rounder in Test matches, but the same can’t be said in T20s. His batting value is considerably less in this format,  and he doesn’t really add much to the batting lineup. Chris Woakes is a very good cricketer in Test matches and ODIs, but it has been nearly three years since he has played a T20 game. Tom Curran’s batting has improved a lot, but his main asset that is bowling has been quite ineffective and he has been conceding too many runs in recent times.