5. Jos Buttler:
Here comes the Englishman into the list. Rajasthan Royals would have cursed themselves when they failed to notice the skills of Jos Buttler at opening slot for quite a few games. All it needed was a rain-curtailed game for the franchise, which saw Buttler opening the match and thrashing the ball out of the park with ease.
Then, as they say, it was history. He smashed the fifties in all the remaining games for his franchise to push for a place in the playoffs stage. From nowhere, Buttler’s heroics fetched them a huge fan base in IPL 2018.
Most probably, Rajasthan will not commit the mistake again, as they would send him an opening slot for IPL 2019. He would surely a player to watch out for the cricket fanatics, as he is in a glorious form. The beauty with Buttler is that he got a great range of strokes in his armour.