IPL 2018: The Dark Horses in each team
The 11th edition of IPL is just around the corner and the buzz is only increasing by the day. Every team has some underrated performers in their ranks and a few good performances from them on the biggest Twenty 20 stage can change people's perception. For instance, players like Nitish Rana and Basil Thampi were unknown before last year's IPL but became stars after it.
Every team has such players, those who aren't expected to do much but might as well turn out to be the dark horses. Here's a look at such players from each team.
Chennai Super Kings- Murali Vijay
Murali Vijay is India's opener in the longest format of the game. Murali Vijay has never succeeded as a limited overs player for India. Murali Vijay has played for 3 IPL teams, CSK, KXIP and DD. He will return to CSK this year, the franchise where he proved himself as someone who had the skills to be a T20 player. He was bought at his base price of Rs. 2 cr.
His T20 stats are pretty good. He has scored 3727 runs in 151 innings at an average of 26, he has a strike rate of 122.
He has the ability to play the anchor role or be the aggressor. In a star-studded batting line-up, people won't carry a lot of hopes from a batsman who is perceived as a Test match batsman.