IPL 2019: 3 Players who could be X-factor for their teams

#1 Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes will be one of the most important players for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2019

Ben Stokes is arguably one of the best all-rounders in world cricket at the moment. The English all-rounder has an impressive debut season in IPL 2017 while playing for Rising Pune Supergiants as he shined with both bat and ball.

In the debut season, he smashed 316 runs from 12 matches at an average of 31.60 and a strike rate of 142.98 with the help of 1 fifty and 1 century. While bowling, he picked up 12 wickets from 12 matches at an average of 26.33 and an economy rate of 7.18 with 18/3 being his best figures.

But next season, the story was totally different as he had a poor outing with both bat and ball in IPL 2018 while playing for Rajasthan Royals and he didn't do justice to his price tag of INR 12.5 crores. In IPL 2018, he scored just 196 runs at a poor average of 16.33 and took just 8 wickets at an average of 37.87.

In spite of having a bad season last year, Ben Stokes could do wonders for Rajasthan Royals this season if performs according to his potential.