#9 Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant, 2017)
Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions were the franchises which replaced Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for two years from 2016 to 2017.
While Gujarat reached the playoffs of IPL 2016, Pune had a fantastic season of IPL in the year 2017 as they ended up as the Runners-Up.
Ben Stokes, the English all-rounder grabbed the attention of the fans before this season of IPL after the franchise bought him for a whopping amount of money in the auction.
However, Stokes made justice to the money invested in him by the franchise as he emerged as the player of the season in 2017.
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The English all-rounder scored a total of 316 runs in that season along with grabbing 12 wickets which helped his team to reach the final of VIVO IPL 2017.
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