IPL 2018: 5 underrated players who can be potential match winners for their franchises

#1 Chris Woakes (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Chris Woakes has been in stupendous form recently

England's Chris Woakes is unarguably the most underrated player this year. He played 13 games last year picking up 17 wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The 29-year-old worked on his batting in the off-season and the improvements can be seen in his game. Woakes has been in stupendous form recently.

The Kolkata Knight Riders fans did not expect Woakes to do much in the previous edition of the league but the hopes of Royal Challengers Bangalore fans are much higher with the speedster. Owing to his recent form it is inevitable that the all-rounder will get a place in RCB's opening game.

Woakes can prove to be one of the main assets for RCB in this edition of the IPL. His bowling will be tested on slow wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.