IPL 2018, Week 3 - Best XI of the Week

Kane Williamson – Sunrisers Hyderabad

Kane Williamson is the only overseas skipper in the ongoing edition of the IPL. Williamson has managed to lead his side exceedingly well this season thus far. Last week, the SRH camp lost two matches that pushed them on the backfoot. In this week, Williamson and co. managed to eke out two brilliant wins by defending low totals of 118 and 132.

A lot of credit goes to Kane Williamson for his captaincy in both the games. With the bat, Williamson played a brilliant knock of 84 runs in the match against the Chennai Super Kings. Had a crucial no ball been called in the game, Williamson would have ended on the winning note for sure.

Shreyas Iyer – Delhi Daredevils

Shreyas Iyer had a big week in the IPL. He was handed the captaincy duties of the Delhi Daredevils in the tournament. He was appointed as the new captain of the franchise after the regular skipper Gautam Gambhir stepped down from his position. In the very first game that he played as the captain, Iyer hammered an unbeaten 93 off just 40 deliveries with 10 towering sixes against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

His efforts helped DD to post 219 on the board. Eventually, DD won the game, their second win in the season. Earlier, in the match against the Kings XI Punjab, Shreyas Iyer had played a very good knock to take his side to a striking distance away from the win. His fifty went in vain as he was dismissed in the final stage of the game.