IPL  2018: One player from each team who has performed beyond expectations so far

#5 Sam Billings - Chennai Super Kings

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Sam Billings was part of the Delhi Daredevils squad in 2016 and 2017. In the last two seasons, he played 11 matches and scored 226 runs with a strike rate close to 135. Even though he has the reputation of being a hard-hitter his T20 numbers are not so good. In the 17 T20I matches that he played for England, he just scored 205 runs and has a low average of 13.67.

Billings wasn't expected to feature in the starting XI but after Kedar Jadhav's injury in the first match, Billings came into the eleven as a middle-order batsman replacing his fellow countryman Mark Wood as the fourth overseas player. His impact was immediate as Billings scored a breath-taking 23-ball 56 to help CSK reach a daunting target set by KKR.