India, April 19 -- Rajasthan Royals are looking like the team to beat this Indian Premier League (IPL) season, thanks largely to the presence of devastating openers Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal. And their bowling is spearheaded by none other than Jofra Archer.

However, they are being led by a guy who has lost steam this season. This season RR have won four out of their five matches so far and are in third place on the points table at the time of writing this article, but Riyan Parag's contribution with the bat in these matches is kind of next to nothing. Just 61 runs in six innings so far, including his 12 vs KKR today.

Parag had given enough indication, even last season, that he was not captaincy material. After regular ca...