IPL 2024 has begun with each team playing a few matches in the first two weeks of the competition. The top four teams in the points table right now are Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Mumbai Indians are at the bottom of the points table with zero points.
Fans have witnessed some incredible high-scoring matches in IPL 2024 already. One of the reasons behind it is that the batters are getting enormous practice now, with the teams even hiring some bowlers to just bowl in the nets. Some teams even have foreigners as net bowlers. Here’s a list of four such overseas net bowlers of the season.
1. Anirudh Immanuel is a net bowler in IPL 2024
Anirudh Immanuel is a leg-spin bowler from the United States of America. Many social media pages have hyped him up as the next Rashid Khan. He is with the Chennai Super Kings team right now as a net bowler for the ongoing season.
2. Fionn Hand is a net bowler in IPL 2024
Fast bowler Fionn Hand, who represented Ireland in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, is a net bowler for the Mumbai Indians team. It is quite surprising that MI did not sign him in the squad even though Dilshan Madushanka was ruled out.
3. Kugadas Mathulan
Another overseas bowler who is a net bowler for the Chennai Super Kings in 2024 is Kugadas Mathulan. He is a bowler from Sri Lanka, who has joined the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led outfit as a support bowler in the nets now.
4. Kairav Sharma
Inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals have hired Canadian bowler Kairav Sharma as a net bowler for the ongoing season. Canada has qualified for the upcoming T20 World Cup, and this exposure will help Kairav in the mega event.
