IPL 2018: 5 Players who CSK can buy as a replacement for Santner to fill the voids in the team

#3 Kusal Perera (Rs 50 Lakhs)

Perera was impressive in the Nidahas Trophy

Kusal Perera is a Srilankan batsman who has a batting style extremely similar to the legendary Sanath Jayasuriya.

He also has the shots which are pretty similar to Jayasuriya and had performed well for the Srilankan team in the Nidahas trophy

Perera has a good record in T20 Internationals scoring 1020 runs in 34 T20s with a decent average of 30. He has an impressive strike rate of 138 which is the most important stat for a T20 batsman.

CSK requires a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and Perera is definitely an option. With Perera, Dhoni can use him both as a middle order batsman as well as a finisher depending on how the CSK captain is hitting the ball himself.