IPL 2018: 5 players Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) should not retain

Kedar Jadhav

Jadhav's flexible batting style is tailor-made for the T20 format

Jadhav's flexible batting style is tailor-made for the T20 format: laden with an unorthodox technique, the slightly-built Jadhav can find gaps with ease and thump a few deliveries if the need arises. However, his temperament has always carried a question mark with it, for he tends to throw his wicket away at the most crucial of junctures, a folly that has seen him go in and out of the Indian middle-order.

While he is a handy option to have in the side, Jadhav, at 33, won't elicit much excitement and could be shelved by the franchise for younger options. His fielding has been indifferent, bordering on unreliable, and his makeshift wicket-keeping skills might not be enough for him to be retained.

This season, when the team required him to beef up the fragile middle-order, he failed to create enough impact averaging 22 with just one fifty to his name. While he has been fortunate to pluck wickets with his benign off-spin in ODIs, he might not get the similar liberty to bowl in T20s, when challenged with other batting options that can chip in with the ball too.