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

Almost two weeks into the IPL most sides are shaping up nicely and the competition is becoming stiff. All the teams have at least one victory in their kitty and will forward to making it to playoffs. Batsmen had a good time in this IPL till now, they breached the 50 run mark 20 times. A total of 5007 runs were scored in the 15 matches and 217 sixes were hit. This shows how dominant and attacking the batsmen have been. In spite of the splendid show by batsmen in most matches, bowlers had their fair share of success. A total of 187 wickets fell and 1166 dot balls were bowled in 15 matches.

What is more interesting is that there were a number of good performances from players who weren't expected to create such impact. Here is a list of such players from each team who have performed beyond expectations.

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#8 Rahul Tewatia - Delhi Daredevils

Before this season, Rahul Tewatia played 7 matches across 3 seasons(2014 - 3, 2015 - 1, 2017 - 3) in four years. In those 7 matches, he just picked up just 6 wickets. With the experienced Amit Mishra, Shabaz Nadeen and Jayanth Yadav in the side, Tewatia was not expected to feature in the starting XI. But here he is scalping wicket after wicket.

With 6 wickets from 4 matches, Tewatia is the leading wicket-taker for Delhi Daredevils. The double Ds led by Double G would hope that Tewatia will continue his good form.

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