#2 Jos Buttler

Rajasthan Royals had suffered a major blow ahead of the IPL, when Steven Smith was banned from participating in IPL 2018. The onus of providing stability to the untested Rajasthan Royals batting line-up came on the shoulders of Jos Buttler. The wicket-keeper batsman has years of T20 experience behind him and was expected to be the mainstay of the Royals' batting.
However, things did not go as expected. While Buttler's average of 20 isn't the worst, but his inability of converting starts into big ones has cost the team dearly. Batting at number 4, Buttler has scored 120 runs in 7 matches this season, with a highest score of 29. The England limited overs vice-captain can be replaced by Henry Klaasen, who was dropped from the playing XI only after a few matches.
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