Home IPL IPL 2017 : Five players to watch out for this season IPL IPL 2017 : Five players to watch out for this season By Ankush Das - March 29, 2017 1 1. Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bangalore captain and batsman Virat Kohli ©AFP What an year it has been so far for this man! However, he wasn”t able to get the dream run going in the Border-Gavaskar trophy. It will be interesting to see if Virat can get his gears on in the IPL both as captain, and a batsman.