Five matches back, there was most likely the challenge for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015’s best allrounder was between Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders and Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings. At that point Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Moises Henriques chose to toss his name into the cap with some exceptional exhibitions.

Henriques’ innings of 57 from only 22 balls, and bowling figures of two for three, against the Royal Challengers Bangalore the previous evening may have been futile after Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle stole the show with some merciless batting, however it is a direct result of those exhibitions that the match ended up being so exciting.

Henriques came in at No 3 after Shikhar Dhawan’s initial takeoff and it was his rankling innings that set up Sunrisers’ starting aggregate of 135 from 11. After the diversion had been lessened to six overs and the objective to 81, Henriques released Gayle and AB de Villiers off successive conveyances to put his group right once again in with the general mish-mash after Gayle had impacted RCB to 41 for no misfortune after two overs.

With Bravo’s exhibitions tumbling off a bit with the bat, Henriques has quickly ascended in the stakes to claim the No 1 allrounder’s tag. The main other player to have done similarly well in batting and playing is Russell.

Here’s placing it into numbers: With the ball, Henriques has taken 11 wickets at a normal of 12.81, an economy rate of 6.40 and a strike rate of only 12.0. Russell has taken 11 wickets as well – at a normal of 26.54, an economoy of 7.96 and a strike rate of 20.0.

With respect to batting, Henriques has scored 276 keeps running at a normal of 46 and a strike rate of 143.75. He’s additionally got a few fifties added to his repertoire. Russell in the mean time, has 289 keeps running at a normal of 36.12 and a strike rate of 193.95. He’s got three fifties.

At the same time, here’s the catch — Henriques has played four matches less than Russell and for a group which is probably weaker than two-time champions KKR. He’s unmistakably showing improvement over Russell with the ball and is only 13 keeps running behind the West Indian regardless of playing a fundamentally less amusements.

Henriques has indicated he can be exceptionally dependable in a 20-more than a-side match and fierce when its chop down to 11 overs-a-side as well.

Bravo is having a splendid season with the ball for Chennai Super Kings and Russell has unmistakably been KKR’s best player, however Henriques is most likely the best allrounder in the competition.