4. Shreyas Gopal: 4-16
Shreyas Gopal was successful in bamboozling the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen as he claimed four wickets and leaked only 16 runs in his four-over spell. Moreover, Gopal was able to take RCB talisman AB de Villiers wicket on both occasions in the season.
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Gopal spell turned out to be match-winning as the Rajasthan Royals won the match by 30 runs. Later, this win helped them in securing their playoffs place. This match-winning performance of Shreyas Gopal was also awarded the Man of the match. However, their journey was cut short by KKR.
The leg-spinner scalped 11 wickets in the 11 matches he played for the inaugural champions of IPL.