The Royal Challengers Bangalore are one of the most mercurial teams in the IPL. In ten seasons so far, RCB have finished runners-up thrice and made the semi-finals once.

From being a young team that promised quite a lot, but failed to live up to expectations in the past two seasons, to having a nice blend of youth and experience – that is the first impression one gets when one sees the Delhi Daredevils (DD) squad for this season.

Having spent two years out in wilderness, the iconic yellow of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are back for the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

T20 is a format which is most conducive to the playing style of all-rounders. Although the age-old adage that an all-rounder is someone who should be able to make the team as a specialist batsman or bowler as well still remains, players with ‘a bit of this and a bit of that’ are also in vogue as they add a lot of value to the side.

Vacant stands greeted Gautam Gambhir, the newly nominated skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders, at the Eden Gardens in 2011. The fans were distraught with homeboy Sourav Ganguly being stripped off the captaincy upon failing to win the title.

Each IPL auction brings a bagful of surprises along with it. It turns some players to superstars overnight while it pushes others in a corner. If you are Ben Stokes, a bid of 12.5 crores does not shock you anymore as you had already been given a fat paycheck of 14.5 crores the previous year. But this isn't the case with others.

As Pakistani players have not featured in the IPL after 2008, fans crave about the expected outcome if they were given a chance.