Despite a large amount of people saying that Rashid Khan has had one of his poorer seasons in this tournament, the fact that he’s taken 24 wickets and is leading the race for the purple cap is testament to how ridiculously good the guy is. He has been entrusted to take wickets whenever the going has gone tough for them and he has absolutely come up trumps each and every time. He even took a magnificent hattrick earlier in the tournament and has been in the wickets in almost every game. Gujarat will be hoping that he can carry this form into the playoffs.

Sunrisers may have finished at the bottom of the table, but Klaassen was their only bright spot when it comes to prowess with the bat. In a side whose batting unit was a collective failure, Klaassen stood out even more prominently with his aggressive intent and his utter domination vs spinners. He was comfortably Sunrisers’ leading run-getter this season, with 448 runs in the season with an astonishing strike rate of 177. He capped this season off with a spectacular 100, even though he was unfortunate to end up on the losing side.

The RCB skipper led from the front throughout the season with the bat. The overseas half of the self-proclaimed “Ink Boys” was the aggressor of the two, scoring runs at a brisk clip and making sure that his side had the cushion of a good start most of the times, even though their other batters did not make the most of it always. At the time of writing, he is currently the holder of the orange cap at the end of the group stages, with 730 runs at a strike rate of 153, and 8 50+ scores to go with it.

Earlier, CSK had Michael Hussey. Now they have Devon Conway, who has seamlessly slotted into the role of the dependable overseas opener who has provided the world a fair idea of the destruction he can cause. Along with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Conway has been an ever-consistent performer up the order for the Super Kings this season, and is also their highest run-getter this season with 585 runs with a top score of 92. Conway is finally justifying why he is so highly rated in the shortest format of the game on the IPL stage and CSK are reaping the full benefits of it

Green entered this tournament with a huge burden of expectations not only because of being Australia’s next best thing, but also the lofty price tag which he was acquired for. He began the season slowly, as most first-time overseas imports do, but once he got into his stride, the league could see why Mumbai invested a significant portion of their purse to get him. 381 runs at a strike rate of almost 160. One magnificent century, which also happened to be the fastest of this year’s IPL, and a pretty decent return with the ball, Green has well and truly arrived, despite having to play as a floater throughout the tournament. Green and Mumbai both will be hoping that he takes that form into the playoffs, where MI will be hoping to make it half a dozen IPL titles.