IPL 2018 : 5 Key Indian players for the Rajasthan Royals

#3 Rahul Tripathi

Rahul has to prove that he is not 'a one season wonder'

Another young Indian batsman to watch out for in IPL 2018 is Rahul Tripathi. The flamboyant right-hander amazed everybody with his wide range of stroke-making in IPL 2017 for the Rising Pune Supergiant and played a pivotal role in their campaign that was rather successful.

He is a dynamic batsman who is equally destructive against both spin and pace and he is not afraid to use his feet. He specializes in scoring at a brisk rate by playing conventional strokes but hitting big sixes is not alien to him either.

Tripathi was signed by the Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2018 and he will be hoping to reproduce his exploits from the previous season of the IPL. He will be critical at the top of the order for the Royals and good performances from him would mean that the team will get off to some brisk starts. He will be useful in effectively utilizing the power play overs.

He has played in just one season of the IPL in which he featured in 14 matches and scored 391 runs at a strike of 146.44, his highest score being 93. In the 14 games that he played, he scored two half-centuries as well.