IPL 2021: Rating the bowling line-up of all the teams

6. Kolkata Knight Riders – 7.5

KKR’s bowling was good in patches last season and their inconsistency was a major reason behind their fifth-place finish. Their main bowlers like Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, and Sunil Narine weren’t able to pick up the desired number of wickets, and thus their inexperienced bowlers were put under even more pressure to deliver.

Varun Chakravarthy was the only bowler who managed to pick up 17 wickets. The other spinners failed to support him and thus, his work was being nullified in a way. This season he might find better support in the form of Shakib Al Hasan and if things go their way, it could turn out to be an excellent combination.

Their pace attack is once again highly inexperienced, and Pat Cummins will have to do much better in order to hide a few of their weaknesses. Last season, he predominantly bowled during the powerplay, which meant that Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti were burdened with the task of bowling at the death. KKR will have to change those tactics as it isn’t very smart to solely bowl youngsters during those overs. Andre Russell might not bowl much in order to manage his workload, while Lockie Ferguson is an excellent backup for Cummins.