The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most exciting and the biggest T20 league on the earth. With more than a million of fan following around the globe, it is one of the most followed sport event in the world.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has over the years grown to be one of the most toughest T20 cricket league in the world. The best players from around the world takes part in the competition.
Not just that, some of the veteran and legends of the game have tried their hand on IPL. The IPL features and featured some of the greatest opening batters in the world. Despite that, there have a couple of players who are originally not a opener but have opened the inning in the IPL.
Today in this article, we take a look at 4 players who have opened in the inning in the IPL but many doesn’t remember or know about it.
Praveen Kumar
Former Indian cricketer and fast bowler Praveen Kumar is one of those player who have opened the inning despite not being a opener. Praveen Kumar use to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) between 2008 and 2010. During his stint with the team, they had tried out Kumar as a opener in 2 matches where he 6 runs only.
Jofra Archer
England cricket team’s pace bowler Jofra Archer is one of the most dangerous pace bowler in the world today. But do you know that Archer had once opened the inning for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2018 season against Royal Challengers Bangalore but was dismissed for a duck on that match.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Another Indian bowler who started the inning and is in the list is the current Indian cricket team’s off-spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. It was during the IPL 2013 season when Ravichandran Ashwin opened the inning for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL against Kolkata Knight Riders and scored 11 runs in that match.
Washington Sundar
Another spin bowler belonging from the same state as Ashwin, Washington Sundar is another player who mainly plays around 6 to 8, opened the inning for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2021 against Mumbai Indians and he scored just 10 runs in that match. This was as a result of regular opener Devdutt Padikkal testing positive for COVID-19.