IPL: 10 recipients of Man of the Tournament award

2017: Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant)

Rising Pune Supergiants changed their name to Rising Pune Supergiant before the start of the 10th season, but they certainly needed something bigger to change their fortunes.

The cricket world was buzzing when Ben Stokes was sold to the Pune side for Rs.14.5 crore. Many were unsure if such a huge amount should have been splurged on a single player. Stokes made sure that all those theories were laid to rest.

In the 10th season of the IPL, the English all-rounder scored 316 runs in 11 innings at an average of 31.60. He hit a fine century against CSK to get his team out of trouble. The century included 7 fours and 6 sixes.

With the ball, he took 12 wickets with best figures of 3/18. Like all good bowlers, he too maintained his economy despite bowling the challenging overs.