IPL 2020: From Jasprit Bumrah To T Natarajan Stars Who Lit Up The League

The South African pace spearhead was the reason why Delhi Capitals made the play-offs last season and he once again proved his immense value by taking 30 wickets at 18.26, the most in the tournament, to take his team to a maiden final.
Rabada and fellow South African Anrich Nortje, who picked up 22 wickets,  made one of the best new-ball pairings in the tournament.


Shikhar Dhawan

With Delhi Capitals struggling to find a stable opening combination throughout the IPL, Dhawan's contribution of 618 runs at the top became even more significant.  
The stylish southpaw slammed his first IPL hundred before becoming the first man to smash back-to-back hundreds in the tournament's history.


Devdutt Padikkal

With 473 runs in his debut season, Padikkal gave Royal Challengers Bangalore much needed stability at the top of the order besides decreasing the workload of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. The left-hander, with his elegant strokeplay, showed he is here to stay and was deservingly named the Emerging Player of IPL 2020.


Ruturaj Gaekwad

It was quite a roller-coaster ride for the rookie CSK batsman, who contracted the coronavirus in the lead up the tournament and when he got his opportunity, it seemed he was not ready for the high-pressure environment of the IPL. After scores 0, 5, 0 in his first three outings, Gaekwad redeemed himself by scoring three half centuries in a row.
His team did not qualify for the play-offs for the first time ever but it surely found one of its future stars in Gaekwad.


Varun Chakravarthy

It was a season to remember for the architect-turned mystery spinner. The fact he played ahead of a seasoned performer in Kuldeep Yadav showed the amount of faith KKR had in him. And Chakravarthy did not let his team down, picking up 17 wickets at 20.94 including a five-wicket haul.
He received a "surprise" India call-up for the T20s against Australia following his exploits in the IPL but a shoulder injury has ruled him out of the series, clearing the decks for Natarjan to make his international debut.


Ishan Kishan

The pocket-sized wicket-keeper batsman had a pathbreaking season for eventual champions Mumbai Indians. Kishan came of age in a season where he had to shuffle batting positions due to Rohit Sharma's injury but he delivered with 516 runs at 57.33.


Jasprit Bumrah

Despite no cricket for six months, MI pace spearhead Bumrah bossed the opposition with 27 wickets at 14.96. He and Trent Boult (25 wickets) made the ball talk in the powerplay and both were equally effective in the death overs.  (With inputs from PTI)