Ankit Rajpoot, a lesser-known medium pace bowler did not play full quota of matches for Kings XI Punjab this season. He featured in 8 matches and picked 11 wickets with an economy of 8.52 runs per over. His best figures came against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad played on 26th April 2018.
The tall bowler has the best figures by an uncapped bowler in IPL history. During his spell, he picked 3 early wickets of Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson and Wriddhiman Saha. Then in the death overs, Ankit grabbed wickets of Manish Pandey and Mohammad Nabi. He finished with figures of 5/14 in 4 overs with an economy of 3.50 runs over. His bowling efforts helped Kings XI Punjab restrict SRH to 132 for 6.
During this dream spell, he bowled 17 dot balls but could not win the match for Kings XI Punjab as their batsmen fell short of the target by 13 runs. Ankit Rajpoot was named as man of the match for superb performance with the ball.
