Mitchell McClenaghan crowns former teammate as IPL's greatest left-arm pacer; The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) is the longest and oldest running franchise league in world cricket. It began back in 2008 with a banger innings of Brendon McCullum playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), as the Kiwi batter scored 158* in the opening game of the inaugural edition of the league.
Since then, the league have seen some of the greats taking the field and delivering consistent performances. Despite the game shifting more towards the batters, it has seen some amazing bowlers over the years dominating the competition and still continues to do it with unreal consistency. The left arm pacers are always special to watch in any format of the game.
Former New Zealand and Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Mitchell McClenaghan has identified the greatest left-arm quick in the IPL. Mitchell McClenaghan was asked to pick one pacer among the two names in the format and did not know who was coming next, as the winner to stay on, which meant the name he would pick would stay and the other would be removed.
Who is IPL's greatest left-arm quick as per Mitch McClenaghan? ? pic.twitter.com/AIrAHV8rkj
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 30, 2026Mitchell McClenaghan picked his former teammate Trent Boult as the greatest left-arm quick in the IPL over the likes of Mitchell Starc, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, and himself. Boult has been playing in the competition for a long time and won the IPL with MI together back in the 2020 season.
McClenaghan keeps Mitchell Starc away from the best list
Mitchell McClenaghan started with Australia pacer Dirk Nannes, who played for Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals (then Daredevils). Then shifted to another CSK bowler, Doug Bollinger, and later picked himself over James Faulkner and went for Zaheer Khan until Trent Boult came and picked him as the winner over Mitchell Starc, who has also been one of the finest.
Trent Boult has been one of the most consistent bowlers with the new ball, but this season he has failed to swing the new ball, which has cost him runs and might also lead to his release by his franchise ahead of the next mini-auction.
I think I'll go with Fizz - McClenaghan
"Mitchell McClenaghan, let's play winner stays on, left arm quicks in the IPL. Dirk Nannes or Pradeep Sangwan? Dirk Nannes. Dirk Nannes or Team Natarajan? Dirk Nannes."
"Dirk Nannes or Doug Bollinger? Doug was pretty good, wasn't he? Let's go Doug the rug. Bollinger or James Faulkner? James Faulkner. James Faulkner or Mitchell McClenaghan? Sorry Jimmy, I'll take myself on that one."
"McClenaghan or RP Singh? I'll go myself. Yourself or Ashish Nehra? Ashish Nehra. Nehra or Unadkat? Nehra. Nehra or Khaleel Ahmed? Nehra. Nehra or Irfan Pathan? Oh, Jeez, that's a really tough one."
"Let's go Irfan because of the all-round capabilities. Irfan Pathan or Sam Curran? Irfan. Irfan Pathan or Mitchell Johnson? Oh, I've got to go with Mitchell Johnson. He's my man crush. Mitchell Johnson or Zaheer Khan? Ah, Jeez. Overall performance, you probably have to go Zaheer."
"Zaheer Khan or Arshdeep Singh? Zaheer. Zaheer Khan or Mustafizur Rahman? I think Mustafizur came in and he disrupted the IPL, so I think I'll go with Fizz. Fizz or Marco Jansen? Fizz. Fizz or Trent Boult? Trent Boult. Trent Boult or Mitchell Starc? Trent Boult."
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