Indian Premier League 2017 have concluded with the group stages and are all set to begin the playoffs next. Let's take a look at the IPL 2017 players who were a hit and some who went on to be misses in the season
David Warner, Chris Gayle, Mitchell McClenegan, Jaydev Unadkat
Indian Premier League 2017 have concluded with the group stages and are all set to begin the playoffs next.
Mumbai Indians have finished atop the table with Royal Challengers ending up at the bottom. While some IPL players have been exceptional in performance and hence proved instrumental in their teams' victories, other IPL players under-performed and have not lived up to their billing.
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Let's take a look at the IPL 2017 players who were a hit and some who went on to be misses in the season.
THE HITS
David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Matches - 13. RUns - 604. Highest score - 126. Average - 60.40. Strike rate - 144.84
Shikhar Dhawan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Matches - 13. Runs - 468. Highest score - 77. Average - 39.00. Strike rate - 128.92
Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Matches - 14. Runs - 454. Highest score - 76*. Average - 41.27. Strike rate - 127.88
Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions)
Matches - 14. Runs - 442. Highest score - 84. Average - 40.18. Strike rate - 143.97
Hashim Amla (Kings XI Punjab)
Matches - 10. Runs - 420. Highest score - 104*. Average - 60.00. Strike rate - 145.83
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Matches - 13. Wickets- 25. Best figures - 5/19. Average - 14.32. Econ rate - 6.97
Jaydev Unadkat (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Matches - 10. Wickets - 21. Best figures - 5/30. Average - 13.28. Econ rate - 7.37
Mitchell McClenaghan (Mumbai Indians)
Matches - 13. Wickets - 18. Best figures - 3/24. Average - 25.61. Econ rate - 9.22
Imran Tahir (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Matches - 12. Wickets - 18. Best figures - 3/18. Average - 20.50. Econ rate - 7.85
THE FLOPS
Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Matches - 9. Runs - 200. Highest score - 77. Average - 22.22. Strike rate - 122.69
AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Matches - 9. Runs - 216. Highest score - 89*. Average - 27.00. Strike rate - 132.51
Ishant Sharma (Kings XI Punjab)
Matches - 6. Wickets - none. Best figures - 0/12. Average - none. Strike rate - none
Ravindra Jadeja (Gujarat Lions)
Matches - 12. Wickets - 5. Best figures - 2/28. Average - 69.80. Econ rate - 9.18
Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)
Matches - 11. Wickets - 8. Best figures - 3/22/ Average - 33.25. Econ rate - 6.48
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