Indian Premier League 2018: Team of the tournament

MS Dhoni, KL Rahul and Kane Williamson among the players picked by Paul Radley in his best XI from this year's competition

Kings XI Punjab cricketers KL Rahul plays a shot during the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 16, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) The next big thing in Indian cricket, according to Sunil Gavaskar. The current big thing, Virat Kohli, still has plenty of mileage left yet, but Rahul models himself on the India captain, and he did a passable impression of his mentor in this competition. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP Photo

Paul Radley

May 28, 2018

The 2018 Indian Premier League season is over and it is a third title for Chennai Super Kings after they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in Sunday's final.

With the competition now consigned to the record books, Paul Radley picks his team of the tournament.

Hyderabad are most represented with three players picked, while champions Chennai and Kings XI Punjab both have two players each, with seven of the eight sides having at least one player in the line-up.

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