IPL 2017: 5 reasons for the resurgence of Rising Punesupergiant (RPS)

1.All-round contribution of Ben Stokes and Daniel Christian

The difference maker for the RPS

At the IPL auction, the RPS picked up Ben Stokes for an amount of Rs. 14.5 crores.

It was a selection, which could only mean one thing, which was that the franchise was heavily dependent on the Englishman to win outright games on his own, either with the bat, ball or in the field.

During the course of the 12 matches that he played in, Stokes ensured that he repaid the faith shown on him by the team, scoring 316 runs, that included a 100 against the Gujarat Lions at home.

Although his contribution with the ball was not as big as it was with the bat, he did produce a few magical moments on the field as well and all this meant the Supergiant progressed through to the Playoffs.

On the other hand, Daniel Christian- a selection really gone unnoticed during the auction, proved to be a useful contributor for the side, especially with the bat in hand. The Australian helped the side finish games towards the end and the team will hope more of the same from him. In the last group game against the Kings XI Punjab, he also got among the wickets and that would augur well for the side.