The Indian Premier League stage gives young players a golden opportunity to showcase their talent. IPL 2022 also became a big platform for the players. The arrival of two teams brought changes in this year’s tournament, but the way IPL came out of its box this year with one surprise after another, cricket fans were surprised to see it.
In IPL 2022, many young players have won the hearts of the audience with their game, including names likes of Rajat Patidar, Umran Malik and Mohsin Khan. But in the meantime, in the 15th season of IPL, the aged players sitting at the last stage of their career also had great season, and it was that kind of season. Today, in the this article, we take a look at 3 aged players who had great season in the IPL 2022.
Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav, playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2022, was seen in the best performance of his career so far this season. Umesh Yadav led the bowling order while playing for KKR and was a serious threat throughout the season. His Test bowling proved really effective and helped his team take early advantage.
Umesh Yadav took a total of 16 wickets in 12 matches in IPL 2022, due to which, he remains at the top of the list of highest wicket-takers for Kolkata this season. Umesh, who was consistently bowling at a speed of 145 km per hour, had probably the best season of his life, when he is 34-years-old.
Dinesh Karthik
In the IPL 2022 auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore included Dinesh Karthik into the team, after which, the franchise and Dinesh Karthik were criticized a lot, because of the last season of Karthik did not pass by anything special and he also started doing commentary in between. But with his performance in IPL 2022, Karthik has silenced all the critics.
In the very first match, he had signaled his arrival by playing an innings of 32 runs in 14 balls. After this, he emerged as the deadliest batsman of the tournament. Karthik scored 330 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2022 with an unbelievable strike rate of 183. Looking into his performance in the IPL 2022, the selectors included into the Indian team for the South Africa series.
Faf du Plessis
Former South African cricket team captain Faf Du Plessis was given the command of the team by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022. Faf, who played with Chennai Super Kings till last year, proved that his performance last year was not a fluke. The 37-year-old Faf du Plessis displayed his fitness with his batting and fielding this season.
Under the captaincy of Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bangalore went till as far as the Qualifier-2 in IPL 2022. Faf contributed significantly with captaincy and batting in getting the team to this point. This season, Faf scored 468 runs from 16 matches, which is the most runs by any batsman this year for Bangalore.
