IPL 2018: Best XI from the league stage of IPL 2018

Middle Order

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya had a good season with both bat and ball

The backbone of any T20 team has to be the specialist all-rounder, a cricketer who can hit huge sixes and take important wickets.

With Pandya, one gets both and then some more, as his excellent game awareness and fielding helps him take brilliant catches and effect run-outs. India's star all-rounder has had another excellent campaign, picking up 260 runs with the bat and 18 wickets with the ball.

Although Mumbai failed to qualify for the play-offs, many of the games they won can be put down to the all-round brilliance of Pandya.

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Andrew Tye

The Purple Cap holder has been a revelation.

Perhaps the most surprising performer of this year's IPL has been Australian quick Andrew Tye. He is the Purple Cap holder with 24 wickets, at a more than a decent economy rate of 7.71.

Tye's variations, particularly the knuckleball, has constantly deceived batsman, allowing him to get break-throughs at crucial moments in the innings. He can hit the ball a fair distance, thereby providing some more firepower to a side full of super-strikers.