Best XI from the first week of IPL 2021

6. David Miller

David Miller’s fighting 62 off 43 deliveries allowed the Rajasthan Royals to post their first win of the tournament. The Rajasthan side was chasing a target of 148 for victory against the Delhi Capitals (DC) side. And, the ‘Men in Pink’ were reeling at 17/3 when Miller walked in.

But then, the left-hander took the fight to the opposition and forged a match-winning partnership of 48 runs with Rahul Tewatia. Miller also plundered 7 fours and 2 sixes in his blistering innings against the Rishabh Pant led side.

7. Chris Woakes

Chris Woakes has proven to be a handy asset for the Delhi Capitals (DC) side with the ball in hand. In the two matches that the England pacer has played in the tournament thus far, he has scalped 4 wickets.

In fact, Woakes was the standout performer with the ball in hand in the encounter between the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In a high-scoring encounter that saw a whopping 378 runs scored in just 38.4 overs, Woakes gave away just 18 runs in his 3 overs and also scalped the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sam Curran.

In Delhi’s second match too, Woakes picked up 2 wickets and gave away just 22 runs in his 4 overs.