Kings XI Punjab- KL Rahul

KL Rahul has scored 387 runs in 9 matches with his first IPL century and at a strike rate of 127.72 and an average of 64.50. He has also scored four half-centuries, hitting 30 fours and 13 sixes to go with his runs. KXIP are at the fourth spot in the points table with 10 points and Rahul has had a big role in this along with captain R Ashwin.

Mumbai Indians- Hardik Pandya
Though Hardik Pandya has scored just 218 runs in 9 matches, these runs have come at a strike rate of 194.64 and he has hit 16 sixes and 16 fours in those innings. He has been solely responsible for rescuing MI as their middle order batsmen have been failing with alarming regularity. Pandya has played some scintillating cameos of which, his brief innings against RCB and recently against DC come to mind.