IPL: 5 uncapped Indians who single-handedly won a game for their side

#3 Shreyas Gopal for RR vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (IPL 2018)

Shreyas Gopal has always performed well against RCB

Shreyas Gopal has always enjoyed success against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and the 2019 edition of the IPL was no different. His figures of 4/16 took the Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable 30-run win over Virat Kohli's side.

Gopal, who was the fifth RR bowler to be introduced into the attack, ran through the middle order, picking up the wickets of AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali and Mandeep Singh. RCB never recovered from the collapse and were bowled out for 134.

The Karnataka leggie would go on to claim a hat-trick against RCB in the next edition of the IPL, with his three victims being Kohli, De Villiers and Marcus Stoinis.

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#2 Paul Valthaty for KXIP vs Chennai Super Kings (IPL 2011)

Valthaty scored a 100 against CSK in IPL 2011

Paul Valthaty is probably only remembered for this 120-run knock against CSK, with his IPL career lasting only 23 games.

After MS Dhoni's men put up 188/4 in their 20 overs thanks to Murali Vijay's 43-ball 74 and the skipper's 20-ball 43 towards the end of the innings, Valthaty was the lone warrior for KXIP. Hitting as many as 19 fours and 2 sixes, the Mumbai batsman took his team over the line with 5 balls to spare.

He was rightfully awarded the Man of the Match, but CSK went on to successfully defend their IPL title.

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#1 Manvinder Bisla for KKR vs Chennai Super Kings (IPL 2012)

Manvinder Bisla scored 89 in the final of the 2012 IPL to take KKR to their first-ever title

In the final of the 2012 IPL, CSK set out to achieve their second successive title defence and posted a mammoth 190 on the board courtesy of attacking fifties from Vijay and Suresh Raina.

After KKR lost captain Gambhir early, Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis put on a 136-run partnership to take the team to a commanding position. Although Albie Morkel did dismiss Bisla for 89 and the South African holed out in the penultimate over, KKR managed to hold on to win their first IPL title.

Bisla's knock, studded with 8 fours and 5 sixes, fetched him the Man of the Match award. Incidentally, the 35-year-old's IPL career-high of 92 also came against the Men in Yellow in the 2013 edition of the IPL.