The league stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is set to culminate after nearly two months of enthralling cricketing action across 13 venues in the country. The current edition of the IPL has redefined the landscape of T20 batting, wherein the batters are expected to take down the bowlers, irrespective of the situation of a particular match.
Amidst all the batting carnage in the 2024 season of the IPL, some of the top bowlers have still found a way to curtail the opposition while picking up wickets consistently. In this article, SportsTiger picks the best XI of the IPL 2024 with the league stage about to come to an end.
Openers: Travis Head, Sunil Narine
Travis Head has been a catalyst for Sunrisers Hyderabad resurgence in the IPL this season after finishing last in 2023, smashing bowlers to all parts at a strike-rate in excess of 200, while scoring more than 500 runs in just 11 innings. Sunil Narine has reinvented himself at the top of the order with Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024, providing them fast starts in the powerplay at a strike-rate in excess of 180, and he has also picked up key wickets, while giving away runs at an astounding economy 6.63.