IPL 2017: Top 4 teams with strongest Indian contingents

#4 Sunrisers Hyderabad

Can Yuvraj make a telling difference this time around for Hyderabad?

On the back of Yuvraj Singh’s grand international comeback, Sunrisers just about overtakes Kolkata Knight Riders to make it to this list. Only just (so KKR fans, we mean no disrespect). Sunrisers have two bowlers from the Indian side, the measly Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the veteran trickster, Ashish Nehra.

Naman Ojha will keep wickets for them. But it is Yuvraj Singh, who will bring plenty of spine to the middle order, not to mention Shikhar Dhawan who opens the innings. In terms of money spent on players, SRH are second from the bottom, their Rs. 53.75 crore rupees only more than KXIP’s Rs. 52.1 crores.

With left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma (who has an economy of 6.38 in all T20 cricket), left-arm medium pacer Barinder Sran (who has played 6 T20Is for India) and Deepak Hooda, middle-order bat and off-break bowler, Sunrisers have a versatile and effective Indian contingent that can efficiently get the job done.

Top 3 Indian players: Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Nehra

Just missed: Kolkata Knight Riders

Although KKR just misses out from the list, it has a good Indian bench with skipper Gautam Gambhir supported by Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan. They also have Umesh Yadav, who is in excellent red-ball form this year. Young chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and middle-order bat, Suryakumar Yadav are other prominent players.