5 possible replacements for Rising Pune Supergiants' injured duo

Rilee Rossouw

Although both players that are injured bat in the top three and Rilee Rossouw has predominantly occupied a middle-order berth for South Africa, the truth is that he is in fact a top-order batsman. With the ability to bludgen the ball to all corners of the stadium, Rossouw might just be the kind of hard-hitting, aggressive batsman they have lacked at the top of the order.

With the southpaw, it also not as if he doesn't have an experience of playing in the IPL. In fact, just two years ago, he was snapped up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. While he didn't end up playing a lot for them thanks to their star-studded squad, it is not like the 26-year-old has no experience of playing under pressure at a big stage.

If RPSG decide to go for him, not only will they strengthen the top order but also allow them the flexibility of possibly even making use of his big-hitting in the middle-order.