#2 Shikhar Dhawan (Batsman) – 8.5
It has nearly been a year since Shikhar Dhawan last played an ODI for India. His last limited-overs match was during the World T20 in 2016. Despite this gap, there is no denying the fact that Dhawan is one of the best ODI players around. In India’s tour of Australia in early 2016, the 31-year-old scored two fifties and one hundred to finish the series with an average of 57.40 and a strike rate of 100.34.
In the first warm-up game, Dhawan took his time to get settled into the game. However, once he found his rhythm, he was able to play his shots easily and got himself a well-deserved fifty. Playing in home conditions might just be the perfect environment for Dhawan to make his comeback to the national side. At a price of only 8.5, Dhawan is one buy that might be termed as a gamble, nevertheless, a calculated one going by his form in the 50-over format.
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