IPL 7: The unknown cricketers who were impressive in UAE

New delhi: The IPL will finally return to its home, after being played in the deserts of UAE. The first leg of the tournament has produced some unexpected results. On one side their has been performances by teams like Kings XI Punjab who have won all their five matches and on the other side their has been the team like Mumbai Indians who have lost their every match inspite of being the defending champions of IPL.Yuzvendra Chahal has been the first choice of Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli's go-to man this season. The 23-year-old Haryana leg-spinner is the second-most economical bowler in the tournament. He has till now pocketed 5 wickets from five games that he has played at an impressive 5.31 runs an over. Chennai Super Kings which is being led by the maverick captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni seem to have found the latest bowling sensation for team India .Ishwar Pandey, who has got raw pace in his side has done well. The 24-year-old may have just picked 3 wickets from 4 clashes, but his impressive economy-rate of 5.86 has meant that batsmen have failed to get going against him. Kings XI Punjab is having a dream run in the tournament and of the architects of these is the young pacer Sandeep Sharma . He has added firepower to Kings XI's bowling attack, taking 7 wickets from 3 games at an average of 8.85.His bowling attack has even impressed the Aussie who is leading the Punjab team, George Bailey so much so that he is openly praising the bowling skills of the youngster and encouraged him.Rajasthan Royals picked up Kane Richardson, who was with Sahara Pune Warriors last season, too has made his mark with 6 scalps from 4 matches.After the nail-biting finish against Kolkata Knight Riders in which Kane had to bowl the final over has shown immense maturity and not let the match slip from the grasp of Rajasthan.Suryakumar Yadav was a surprise pick for KKR in the auctions ahead of the home boys like Manoj Tiwary and Laxmi Ratan Shukla who were having a pretty outing with the KKR franchise till last season.But the youngster from Mumbai has shown the temperament of a good finisher. He has played in the five matches till now in which he has scored 110 runs having an average of 55.00 and a strike rate of 177.41 which will envy even the most reputed batsmen playing in the tournament.