The IPL 2021 has been canceled but the 29 matches that were played saw some spellbinding performances with both bat and ball. With 380 runs from eight matches and 17 wickets from seven games, Shikhar Dhawan and Harshal Patel were holders of the Orange Cap and Purple Cap respectively, but undoubtedly there were more players who were climbing on these lists much rapidly.
In terms of the leading wicket-takers after Harshal Patel from RCB who has been one of the best bowlers, whom former India batsman Virender Sehwag feels, is hardly talked about in the illustrious list of bowlers that the DC camp comprises of . The DC bowling has some big names such as Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, and Amit Mishra, but in all this, the name of Avesh Khan goes missing.
“In this team, we talk about Rabada, Ashwin, Patel, Mishra… but no one talks about Avesh Khan. So, he is this season’s ‘under-the-radar player. He comes quietly, picks up 2-3 wickets, and was up there in the race for Purple Cap, next only to Harshal Patel,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.
Avesh had picked up 12 wickets so far for DC and he also had 2 three-wicket hauls yet he wasn’t given the recognition he should’ve possessed.
