IPL 2018: Key Indian batsmen from each team

#5 Shikhar Dhawan - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Dhawan has shown exemplary performances in the recent games

Dhawan has given a rock and roll performance in the Nidahas Trophy and South African Tour. He is undoubtedly in an exemplary form and showing up good results in his recent performances. Dhawan's impressive performance in South Africa gave him the opportunity to become the vice-captain in the Nidahas Trophy.

Dhawan has played 36 T20Is in his career and scored 884 runs at a good strike rate of 128.48. Dhawan has immensely contributed to the SRH in the past seasons. He has scored 3561 runs in his 127 IPL matches at a decent average of 32.67.

Both Dhawan and Warner have an experience of more than 100 IPL matches. Thus, the team is already having an upper hand in the tournament by having two phenomenal openers in their team.