CPL 2016: 5 outstanding performers of the first week

5) Shoaib Malik, Barbados Tridents

Shoaib Malik will hope to power the Tridents up the table

The second Pakistani to feature on the list, Malik has played a solid all round role that has helped the Barbados Tridents pick up a win from their first two encounters. In the first game, against the Trinbago Knight Riders, he picked up the wicket of Hashim Amla in the one over he bowled. Coming in to bat at #3, he scored 28 runs before losing his wicket.

He was exceptional in the next game, however, as the Tridents picked up a win over the Patriots. He picked up a wicket and bowled his full quota of 4 overs, before scoring a half century opening the innings and laying the perfect platform for his team to chase down 166.