Harbhajan, Yuvraj, Gayle and Tahir shine: Could IPL 2019 be the year of the veterans?
India TodayThe Indian Premier League is up and running with all the eight teams opening their campaigns. Harbhajan Singh and Chris Gayle even got the man-of-the-match awards for Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab respectively, while Yuvraj was the top-scorer for Mumbai Indians in their opening game and Imran Tahir also impressed with the ball, picking up 3 wickets in CSK's opening match. HARBHAJAN & TAHIR DESTROY RCB Bhajji roars loud with bowling figures of 4-0-20-3 #CSKvRCB pic.twitter.com/rUKyrXQonS IndianPremierLeague March 23, 2019 38-year-old Harbhajan Singh played the first qualifier for Chennai Super Kings in the 2018 IPL against Sunrisers Hyderabad but did not bowl on May 22, 2018. For figures of 4-0-20-3 with wickets of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali - @harbhajan_singh was adjudged Player of the Game for #CSKvRCB #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/k6hdRAZB8e IndianPremierLeague March 23, 2019 While Harbhajan ran through the RCB top-order, it was Imran Tahir who finished off the rest with his 3 wickets for 9 runs in four overs in the same match. 4000 IPL runs for the #UniverseBoss He becomes the 2nd overseas player to achieve this feat pic.twitter.com/FLi5lbQ09w IndianPremierLeague March 25, 2019 The self-proclaimed Universe Boss, Chris Gayle holds numerous other records in the league including the highest individual score and the most hundreds in the tournament's history.