2. Shikhar Dhawan (SRH)

In the curtain-raiser opener between SRH and RR, it was Shikhar Dhawan, who smoked some excitement in the dull looking match as he played flashy innings of 78 of 57 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six. He played a dominating knock and made sure that SRH never goes out of the game with a win. However, he was dropped pretty early in the inning which also became the turning point of the game as well. In the next game, he failed to score another 50 but his innings were impactful.