IPL 2016: Dream Team of the Week - Week 1

The 2016 version of the IPL to put it kindly has failed to really infuse the cricketing fanatics with any kind enthusiasm. The tournament so far has been littered with one-sided contests and half-empty stands. 

The general public has so far remain detached from the tournament. While the cricket fanatics might be suffering from an overdose of cricket following the recently the recently concluded World T20,  the first week of action in the IPL has gifted us many a rollicking performance to store in our mind palaces.

Taking the first ten games into stock and keeping the quota of four foreigners, we present to you the Team of the week for Week 1 of the IPL.

Honourable mention: Manan Vohra

Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock en route to his match-winning innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

After a couple of scratchy season in the IPL, Quinton de Kock seems to have earmarked this year’s edition as his coming out party. The young South African etched his mark in the IPL this year with a trailblazing knock of 108 from 51 balls against the Royal Challengers Bangalore to help the Delhi Daredevils chase down a daunting target of 192. 

Before the game at the Chinnaswamy stadium, De Kock seemed to be the only reliable batsman at the top of the order for Delhi. After falling down like a house of cards against the Kolkata Knight Rider, the Daredevils made a formidable comeback against Punjab with De Kock chipping in with a handy half-century.

Then, to top the week off, the elegant 23-year old helped Delhi to a memorable victory at the Chinnaswamy. De Kock currently stands third in the race for the orange cap with 184 runs from three innings at an average of 92 and an astounding strike-rate of 178.64.