The most pleasant surprise of the IPL has been the bowling of Sohail Tanvir. At least in three games his bowling has been one of the major performances behind the win. In the rest of the games too he has played a key part. The standard, even in retirement, against which the accuracy is measured is McGrath. Tanvir is the only bowler with any substantial number of overs (or wickets) to pip Mcgrath's economy rate 0f 6.08 (6.00). He has fourteen wickets from seven games at an average of 11.64 only one behind the leader but from four less games.
His inclusion in the Pakistan Twenty20 team looks like a master stroke by the selectors but for the fact that the man he replaced, Abdul Razzaq, was the man of the series in the recently concluded ICL tournament. May be there was a place for both of them in the team.
He has not had any substantial batting opportunities yet but at a meagre $100,000 he has to be one of the best buys in IPL along with his captain Shane Warne.
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