2018 T20I round-up: India's 5 most valuable players of the year

#2 KL Rahul

KL Rahul

2018 was KL Rahul's worst year in the Test and ODI cricket. He has not lived up to expectation in both Tests and ODIs. Rahul has played only three ODIs and could only score a century in Tests this year. But, he has been fantastic in the T20 format.

He was overlooked by the team management in the presence of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan and did not play a single game against South Africa in early 2018. The 26-year-old did not fail to score when the opportunities knocked him as he scored a fifty and an unbeaten century against Ireland and England respectively.

With 324 runs in 11 innings, Rahul averaged 36 and scored his runs at an impressive strike-rate of about 140. With his consistent performances, he has cemented his place in the shortest format of the game as India's number four batsman.