#4 Mohammad Rafi
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In the 35th minute of the ISL final, Rafi had his best moment of the year as he glided Mehtab Hossain’s corner past Debjit Majumder to give Kerala Blasters the lead and send the Kochi crowd to raptures.
Kolkata won that game and sent everyone in Kochi home disappointed, but it could not take away Rafi’s contribution. He is an honest trier and as hard a worker as any in that Kerala side.
Rafi was a part of the best-performing Indian contingent in the ISL and it was a credit to him that inspite of not playing in his preferred position of centre-forward, he was a pivotal player for Kerala.
He played on both wings or behind the striker but the output from Rafi was the same. You knew what you were getting from Rafi. He was going to give it his all, press the opposition defenders and try and involve the other attacking players in the side.
Rafi is not gifted with too much pace or technical ability, but of what he has, he makes the most of. For Mohammad Rafi, it is not about what is said on paper, it is only about the desire that he shows on the pitch.
