6. Venugopal Rao

In the 2008 IPL, Venugopal was signed up by the Deccan Chargers and went on to score as much as 288 runs in 11 matches at an average of 36.00. He struck a magnificent 42-ball-71* against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, which remains his highest score in IPL.

Rao couldn’t manage tp play the finisher role in the next two seasons but made up for lost time in 2011 in Delhi colors. In that season, Venu’s average was around 28.00 in 14 matches at a strike rate of 120 with the help of 30 boundaries and 13 sixes. He was also the second highest run-getter for teh Daredevils in that season. A demoralizing 2013 and a retiring 2014 for the Sunrisers Hyderabad meant he was slowly but surely sinking into obscurity.