5 Overseas players who will play in IPL for the first time in 2019

Shimron Hetmyer (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Hetmyer has the ability to take the tournament by storm

West Indies' left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer was expected to go for big bucks at the auctions looking at the way he had performed in limited-overs format against India last year. The predictions proved to be true as well as Royal Challengers Bangalore roped in his services for ₹4.2 crores.

Bangalore based side required a solid middle-order batsman to support the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and Hetmeyr could prove to be a vital inclusion.

During the Caribbean Premier League last year, the 22-year old batsman had blasted 440 runs in 12 innings at an average of 40 whereas his strike rate was around 150 which included a 49-ball century.

This will be the first opportunity for the West Indies batsman where he will be participating in the world's largest T20 tournament.

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