5 surprise performers from IPL 2016

Modified May 17, 2016 18:46 IST

Chris Morris — Morris has been a star for the Daredevils

4) Lokesh Rahul

Lokesh Rahul solved quite a few problems for Virat Kohli while Chris Gayle was battling bad form with a string of single-digit scores and injury concerns. Coming at the top of the order, Rahul showed that he is not just a classy Test player but can score quickly as well.

The RCB wicket-keeper has scored 332 runs in 8 innings at an average of 55.33 and a strike-rate of 143 with 4 half-centuries. That was a classy move from Kohli to promote him to the top of the order and he certainly repaid his skipper’s faith after a very shaky start.

Rahul’s top score is 68* but more importantly, he has scored most of his runs with good cricketing shots, pretty to look at.

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