IPL 2017: Gujarat Lions’ Best Possible XI

Fast Bowlers:

Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni

Suresh Raina and the management would have to take some tough decisions to take in deciding the three fast bowlers to pick in the playing XI. Raina would preferably go for the experienced three seamers, and that would be Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni.

Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni will open the bowling for the Lions as they did in the previous season. This combination was heavily praised by the critics last season. Praveen Kumar is probably one of the best exponents of swing bowling in our country. His lethal in-swingers combined with the teasing out-swingers would give the batsmen a trouble or two.

Dhawal Kulkarni, too on the other bowls at a good pace hitting the right lengths of the track. It would be interesting to see how Suresh Raina manages to give overs to his bowlers since the inclusion of Bravo and Faulkner.

Munaf Patel might have a slight edge over Nathu Singh due to the experience that Patel possesses in abundance. Patel’s stump to stump bowling might just create the right pressure for the other bowlers to take wickets.