IPL 2018: Star players who need to fight for their places in the starting eleven

#2 Colin de Grandhomme (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Colin de Grandhomme was one of the tormentors of RCB last season

The Zimbabwe-born Kiwi all-rounder has played only one IPL season so far in his career. De Grandhomme played 12 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2017 IPL and had a mediocre season, scoring 126 runs and picking up four wickets.

Prior to this year's auctions, he was released by the Kolkata management only to be bought by the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers for INR 2.2 crore.

His bowling figures of 3/4 during Kolkata's home game against RCB last season caught the attention of the Bangalore franchise.

This match will very well be remembered for RCB's lowest ever IPL total of 49, in which De Grandhomme was one of the chief tormentors.

With quality and experienced all-rounders like Chris Woakes and Corey Anderson in the Royal Challengers squad, he is yet to don the RCB colours this season. And it looks like the competition is heavy for an overseas all-rounder to get into Virat's eleven for the 2018 IPL.