IPL 2017: 5 unsung heroes

#2 Pawan Negi

Pawan Negi has played well despite his team failing to fire

Negi has been one of the best all-rounders this season. But, so poor has the season been for RCB that many have failed to take notice of his performances, despite that fact that he literally won a match for Shane Watson by bowling the final over early in the season. Negi has 131 runs with the bat and 13 wickets with the ball. But that is not the most impressive part of his story this year.

The southpaw, who after commanding an astronomical price at one time, before tasting a big fall, has an economy rate of 6.19, the lowest for anyone with more than 5 wickets this season.

His bowling average is an impressive 14.38 and his strike-rate is 13.9. Negi missed out on a couple of matches early in the season before proving his worth lower down the order, with the bat as well.