Rajasthan Royals' all-rounder Ben Stokes, the most expensive overseas player in the IPL at ₹12.5 crore, said that IPL 2018 was "individually very disappointing" for him. In his farewell message, he added that he gave everything he had to give but it "just wasn't meant to be". Stokes scored 196 runs and took 8 wickets in 13 IPL 2018 matches.