TOP 5 INDIAN BOWLERS (2019-2021)

5.MOHAMMED SIRAJ

Mohammed Siraj's rise as a seamer was remarkably swift. The son of an autorickshaw driver in Hyderabad, he only began playing the game in class seven. It was in 2015 that he first bowled with a cricket ball. In 2017, he bagged an IPL contract worth INR 2.6 crore. Months later, he was wearing an India shirt and bowling in a T20 international against New Zealand.
The speedster missed out on the Ranji season in 2017-18 and played only one game, but he was back for the Vijay Hazare trophy and starred with the ball for Hyderabad. He picked up 23 wickets in 7 games which included 3 5-wicket hauls. The 'Hyderabad Express' also nipped out 10 wickets from 5 games in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tourney.

4.YUZVENDRA CHAHAL

Yuzvendra Chahal is an attacking legspinner who first attracted attention when he took 34 wickets in the National Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2009, ending the tournament as its leading wicket-taker. Chahal, a former chess player who represented India at junior levels, made his first-class debut for Haryana the same year and was signed by Mumbai Indians in 2011 to be part of their IPL squad.
However, the Mumbai franchise did not give him many matches, and he went into the auction pool for the 2014 edition of the IPL. It indeed was a blessing in disguise for the leggie as he was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), for whom he played an integral part in their bowling setup.

For the first time in his IPL career, Chahal played all the matches in a season and was one of Virat Kohli's go-to men in crunch situations. He started the season well in the UAE, but he couldn't get many wickets once the tournament returned to India. However, he was economical throughout the season. He was also a contender for the Emerging Player of the Year award, but he lost out to Axar Patel in the end.

3.BHUVANESHWAR KUMAR

Bhuvneshwar said a roaring hello to international cricket. In his first international over, he bowled Nasir Jamshed; with his first ODI delivery, he bowled Mohammad Hafeez; and in his first Test series, he played a part in India's first whitewash, a four-Test series. Apart from the swing, Bhuvneshwar's control of it and his cricketing smartness stand out. It stood out when he, as a 19-year-old, worked Sachin Tendulkar over for his first first-class duck in Indian domestic cricket. The cricketing smartness showed with the bat, too, when he scored 128 batting at No. 8, winning a Duleep Trophy semi-final in 2012-13, just before his selection for India.

Bhuvi was expected to perform well in the 2015 World Cup. However, his poor fitness did not allow him to be part of the playing eleven. He played only one game against UAE. His 2016 season was restricted to just four Tests. Bhuvneshwar left a mark - taking two five-wicket hauls, one each against West Indies and New Zealand.

2.MOHAMMED SHAMI

Shami's quick promotion to international cricket resulted from impressive performances in the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy: in five matches, he took 28 wickets at 21.35, including two ten-wicket hauls, against Madhya Pradesh and Hyderabad. He has also enjoyed early success in the Twenty20 format, picking up 14 wickets in his first eight domestic Twenty20 games, and was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2011 IPL season. He got his first game for them in 2013 and was acquired by Delhi Daredevils in 2014, who retained him in 2016 despite his missing the entire 2015 season with an injury.

Shami slowly made his way into the national reckoning and was handed an ODI debut in early 2013. Slowly but surely, he started to make significant contributions. With his ability to reverse/contrast swing the old white ball, he became an indispensable asset to the limited-overs side, becoming the second-fastest Indian to 50 ODI wickets in the process. He proved his worth in gold in the 2015 World Cup taking 17 wickets and becoming one of the highest wicket-takers in the tournament. It was later revealed that he had played the World Cup through a knee injury. Looking a tad deeper into the performance, he was India’s most economical bowler in the tournament, except in the semi-final loss against Australia, in a period when the power-play laws were stacked for the batsmen.

1.JASPRIT BUMRAH

Jasprit Bumrah grabbed eyeballs first with his unorthodox action and then his bowling skills. Armed with an anomalous, sling-arm action and natural pace, the peculiar release point of Bumrah's deliveries makes it hard for batters to pick him.

Besides, like his Mumbai Indians team-mate, Lasith Malinga, Bumrah carved himself a reputation for possessing an uncanny ability to hit the blockhole. And, it was during his time in the IPL that he learned from the Sri Lankans to judiciously use the yorker.