IPL 2018: Probable Opening pairs from each team

#5 Rajasthan Royals

Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane is back with the Royals in this edition

Rahane was a big contributor for the Royals in their IPL history.

He is not only known for being a disciplined batsman but is also known to provide a decent start to the team. He is also the only player in the IPL history to hit six 4s in an over.

Rahane has played 111 matches in his IPL Career and scored 3057 runs at a good average of 33.59. He has also scored a century in his IPL career.

Being a member of the core team of the Royals, Rahane would be expected to give a steady start to his team and convert his scores into big ones.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi scored with a strike rate of 146.44 in IPL 2017

Rahul Tripathi was bought for Rs. 3.4 crores by Rajasthan Royals. He is the best choice to open along with Rahane looking onto his promising performances in the last edition.

He played for Rising Pune Supergiant in the last season. He came into the limelight when he played a match-winning knock of 93 off 52 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders.

He scored 391 runs in the 14 matches he played at an impressive strike rate of 146.44. He proved himself as an effective top-order batsman for the team.

Tripathi would be looking forward to playing for a new team and provide strong starts to the Royals. He would also be looking forward to convert his good starts into big scores.