IPL 2022: Best uncapped XI of the tournament

Since its inception, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been a platform for young talents to improve their craft and gain optimum experience for their future careers. This season was no exception as well, as the addition of two new teams helped the larger group of players to gain an opportunity to rub shoulders with the talented T20 cricketers.

With the T20 World Cup scheduled later in the year, the youngsters and experienced uncapped players were impressive putting their best foot forward to display their skills and win matches for the team. This list covers most of the uncapped Indian players as well as overseas, who were impressive enough to produce striking performances for their respective teams. In this pursuit, a few of them earned a national call-up as well.

1. Rahul Tripathi (c)

One of the finest batters in the last few editions of the IPL, Rahul Tripathi will be the opener and leader of this team. After doing well for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the last edition, Tripathi was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the 2022 season for a whopping amount of INR 8.5 crore.

Starting the season with a duck, the 31-year-old returned with quickfire knocks of 44 and 39, which further enhanced his confidence. He was named ‘Player of the Match’ for his whirlwind knock of 71* off 37 balls against KKR. Tripathi’s knocks pushed the confidence of the middle-order to chase down the totals in a consistent manner.

In the penultimate game against Mumbai Indians (MI), Tripathi hit his season’s best score of 76 runs in 44 balls to help SRH get a much-needed win after five losses on the trot. In 14 matches, he finished with 413 runs at a strike rate of 158.23 and returned as the second most run-getter for SRH.