IPL 2018: 5 Indian players for whom this IPL season will be important

#4 KL Rahul

KL Rahul has been in-and-out of the ODI team

The rise of KL Rahul in the Indian team was quite promising and he had become a regular member of the team in all three formats. He was consistent in Tests, scoring fifties consistently but the inability to score big hundreds cost him his place.

Rahul was also given the opportunity to bat at No. 4 but he failed to score runs consistently. As a result of this inconsistent performances, he was eventually dropped from the ODI team.

In this year's IPL, Rahul will be representing Kings XI Punjab and was bought by the team for a whopping ₹11 crore. He is expected to open the innings and would look to score big runs, thereby making a strong case for the ODI team.