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The eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League, with much fanfare and anticipation, kicked off on April 07, 2018.
During the course of the league-stage, we have witnessed some pulsating action in all facets of the game especially from a plethora of young Indian talent in Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Markande, and Shubhman Gill, have set the stage on fire with their superlative performances.
In this blog today, let us look at one Indian player from each eliminated team who had a stellar IPL, despite their team coping a disappointing season.
#4 KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
Having been the bedrock of KXIP's batting thus far, KL Rahul started the IPL with a superlative 13-ball 50 against the Delhi.
The Indian Test opener was in the form of his life throughout the season and has accumulated 659 runs at an average of 54.91 and strike-rate of 158.41, which includes six fifties.
With a penchant of power-hitting coupled with classical stroke-play, Rahul was the bedrock of the KXIP unit.
#3 Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
The defending champions, Mumbai Indians may not have had a stellar campaign, but there was one player that shone amidst the gloom, was Suryakumar Yadav.
After having spent most of his time finishing games for KKR in the middle-order, Yadav was racked up by the Mumbai Indians in this year's auction and was given the opportunity to open the innings alongside Evin Lewis.
Yadav was the bedrock of Mumbai Indians batting, as he accumulated 512 runs across fourteen matches at an average of 36.57, and a swashbuckling strike-rate of 133.33, including four fifties.
#2 Rishab Pant (Delhi Daredevils)
In a team marred with inconsistency, insipid team selections and sometimes incompetence, young Rishabh Pant came in as a breath of fresh air for the Daredevils.
A brutal marauder of the cricket ball coupled with immaculate consistency; this is how Pant's 2018 IPL campaign will be remembered for a long time.
It was a watershed year for Pant, as he bettered Robin Uthappa's tally of 660 runs (IPL 2014), to record the highest aggregate runs by a wicket-keeper batsman in a single IPL season.
In fourteen league stage matches, Pant accumulated 684 runs at an average of 52.61 and a swashbuckling strike-rate of 173.60 which included five fifties and a hundred (128), which unfortunately came in a losing cause.
#1 Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
In a bowling attack looking for consistency, Umesh Yadav was Royal Challengers Bangalore's most potent bowler, especially in the powerplay overs. Umesh's strength lies in hurrying the batsmen with incisive pace and bounce, and he would come in handy during the Powerplay overs.
With most of his dismissals as bowled and LBW, Umesh, more often than not hit the right straps in the 2018 IPL, and accumulated 20 wickets, at an average of 20.90.
Umesh's performance has not gone unnoticed as he earned his call-up to the Indian T20 squad for the England and Ireland tour, after a hiatus of six-year.
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