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Aakash Chopra has selected his top six bowling performances from the 29 matches played in IPL 2021 so far.
IPL 2021 was suspended after a few players and support staff members from some of the franchises tested positive for COVID-19. The prestigious tournament saw a couple of fifers and five four-wicket hauls before the suspension.
Speaking about some of the best spells of IPL 2021 in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra chose Harshal Patel's 5/27 in the tournament opener between RCB and MI as his top favorite.Harpreet Brar's match-winning spell of 3/19 in the Punjab Kings' clash against the RCB was picked by the former Test opener as his second-best bowling performance of the tournament.At No 3 is Deepak Chahar's 4/13 against the Punjab Kings. Chahar dismissed Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda to reduce PBKS to 26/5. Although the KL Rahul-led side managed to reach 106/8, CSK chased down the target with ease.Aakash Chopra picked Chris Morris' 4/23 against KKR as his fourth-best spell in IPL 2021.Two performances from the same match, involving the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Mumbai Indians (MI), also made it the commentator’s list.In Match 5 against Mumbai, Kolkata’s Andre Russell returned with figures of 5/15, the best performance of IPL 2021 to date. This got the former KKR player's vote for the fifth-best bowling performance of the tournament.Aakash Chopra signed off by choosing Rahul Chahar's 4/27, in the same match, which helped MI register a 10-run win, as another of his favorite bowling performances.KKR were in an advantageous position when Russell's five wickets helped them bowl out MI for just 152 runs. They seemed to be coasting home when their openers added 72 runs in less than nine overs, but Rahul Chahar dismissed their top four batsmen to change the complexion of the game.
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