IPL 2024: The next season of the Indian Premier League will begin on March 22. The Chennai Super Kings will start their title defense with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. That will start the cricket carnival in India. All the strategies and plans have been made. All ten teams made necessary additions to their teams at the IPL 2024. However, a genuine all-rounder is always much needed in T20 cricket.
A player who can contribute with the bat and the ball is an asset to any team. That is one of the main reasons for the success of franchise cricket. CSK and MI are the most successful teams because they have had brilliant all-rounders over the years. And here we will talk about the top three teams that have the most all-rounders in their squad to choose from.
3. Sunrisers Hyderabad – 9 All-rounders
SRH had horrible performances in the last few seasons or so, and they are looking to rebuild their team with some new faces. The franchise picked up some good players, and they are looking quite solid on paper. SRH has a strength of 25 players, and nine of those can contribute with the bat and the ball. Some of the key all-rounders for SRH are Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Pat Cummins, Aiden Markram, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Abhishek Sharma. All these names will be part of the possible playing XI.
2. Mumbai Indians – 10 All-rounders
The Mumbai Indians missed the services of a genuine all-rounder since the Pandya brothers left the team and Kieron Pollard retired. But now, they will keep the same mantra and play with multiple all-rounders at once in a playing XI. Hardik is back and will lead the team. Apart from him, Tilak Varma, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, and Shreyas Gopal are some known faces. Some other capabale all-rounders for MI are Dewald Brevis, Anshul Kamboj, and Shams Mulani.
1. Chennai Super Kings – 11 All-rounders
The defending champions, CSK, have always been filled with various all-rounders, and that is one of their main strengths. The current CSK squad for IPL 2024 has 11 all-round options, which is the most, and it will not be a surprise if they win the title once again. Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, and Shardul Thakur are certain to play in playing XI. Apart from these big names, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, and Rajvardhan Hangargekar are some uncapped all-rounders in the squad. That means CSK can pick 11 all-rounders in a playing XI.
