IPL 2015: Team of the tournament

4. Rohit Sharma - MI

Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was particularly impressive

Even with the odd failure or two, Rohit Sharma's ability as a batsman was never really in doubt. But in this tournament, it was his captaincy that came to the forefront. Whether it was attacking early in the game with both Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan, making the most of the uncapped players at his disposal or managing his position in the batting order according to the situation, it was a tournament that saw Rohit the captain in his finest hour yet.

But that is not to say that his batting wasn't good. Almost 500 runs including a fifty in the final to guide his side to their second IPL title showed that he had a good IPL with the bat as well. But it is primarily due to his captaincy that Rohit makes it into this side.

5. AB de Villiers - RCB

When a batsman leaves the bowlers, even the very best in the business, scratching their heads as to where to bowl, you know you are watching someone special ply their trade. On the back of a fantastic World Cup, AB de Villiers simply continued from where he left off as he made the most of his promotion to No.3 in the lineup.

Although the South African has always been destructive, his move up the order gave him more of a chance to get his eye in, which he made the most of by finishing as the tournament's fourth-highest run-scorer with an average of 46 and a strike rate of almost 180.

6. Robin Uthappa - KKR

While there have been plenty of batsmen and bowlers who have shone, this hasn't been the tournament for wicketkeeper-batsmen. Although Dinesh Karthik has the most dismissals, he did little of note with the bat and MS Dhoni, who is an automatic pick on most occasions, didn't score freely enough to warrant a place and that is why KKR's Robin Uthappa gets the nod.

Although he got only one fifty and often got out after getting set, all of his innings came at a quick pace and set the platform for the likes of Yusuf Pathan and Andre Russell to shine. The fact that he had to play half of his innings at the Eden Gardens, which was a spinner’s paradise, is another bonus and gets him into the side as the wicketkeeper.

7. Dwayne Bravo - CSK

Dwayne Bravo won the Purple Cap award

Even though Dwayne Bravo finished with the Purple cap and deserves to be on this list for his bowling, even without his wickets, the West Indian would probably have made it in. And that isn't because of his batting, which was underused by MS Dhoni, but because of his fielding, which in a tournament that was filled with dropped catches was simply sublime.

Whether it was picking up breathtaking catches in the deep, making stunning running run-outs when fielding inside the circle, Bravo's fielding alone helped turn games in CSK's favour and would have been enough to get him into the side. That fielding coupled with the 26 wickets he took, which got him the Purple cap for the second time in three seasons, means that Bravo gets into the side as the all-rounder.