IPL 2017: The replacement XI

#2 Mohammad Shahzad

One of the most lethal batsmen in the world

The burly Afghan wicketkeeper-batsman dismantled the Irish bowling attack in the matches held at the Greater Noida Sports Complex over the last month. He is the second player after Tillakaratne Dilshan to hit 200 fours in international T20Is among many other records he holds among associate nations.

Shahzad is currently ranked 7th among T20 batsman in the world in the ICC player rankings.

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#3 Tamim Iqbal

Tamim became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 10000 international runs

The Bangladeshi stalwart has also been scoring heavily in the series against Sri Lanka. The former Pune Warriors India player recently became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 10000 international runs.

His performances on Indian soil have also been good across the years, including his impressive run in the 2016 World T20 championship that was held in India, in which he ended up as the tournament’s highest run-getter.