IPL 2018, Week 3 - Best XI of the Week

K Gowtham – Rajasthan Royals

The Rajasthan Royals seemed to have lost the plot big time in the season. They, however, managed to get back to the winning ways in the recent week. In the match against the Mumbai Indians, they registered an improbable win. It all looked like a distant dream to chase down 167 in Jaipur when the middle order had imploded for the Rajasthan Royals.

However, a certain K Gowtham played the cameo of his life to win the game for his side. Gowtham slammed an unbeaten 33 off just 11 balls with four fours and two sixes to win the match for his side. Also, Gowtham has been very impressive with the ball and has bowled with decent success in the powerplays this season.

Jofra Archer – Rajasthan Royals

Coming in to the season, there was one cricketer who had a lot of eyes on him. It was Jofra Archer. The Windies born cricketer has a big reputation in the shortest format of the game and he managed to live up to the same in the IPL as well. Archer finally was declared fit and he took the field against the Mumbai Indians.

In the match, Archer bowled a phenomenal penultimate over to scalp three wickets in the match. He dismissed Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, and Mitchell McClenaghan. He returned with figures of 3/22 in his quota of four overs on his IPL debut. He was rewarded with the Player of the Match for his performance.