IPL 2018: Star players who need to fight for their places in the starting eleven

#1 Carlos Brathwaite (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Brathwaite does have a lot of competition for a place in the SRH line-up

The current skipper of the defending T20 World cup champions came into the limelight during the finals of the ICC World T20 2016 at Kolkata.

His four consecutive sixes against Ben Stokes in the final over of that high-voltage clash garnered him millions of fans across the globe.

The Barbados-born all-rounder has a rich T20 experience having represented various teams in the Caribbean Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League, Pakistan Super League and the Big Bash League.

Brathwaite played two seasons for the Delhi Daredevils (2016 and 2017), after being bought by them at the season nine auctions.

He had a poor outing with the Delhi outfit playing just 10 matches across two seasons, in which he scored 95 runs and took eight wickets.

Eventually, he was released by Delhi prior to the 2018 auctions where he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore.

A hard-hitting all-rounder, Brathwaite did not get a chance in the first three games of the Orange army side which looks settled with the current starting eleven.

With plenty of all-rounders like Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan already in their ranks, it will be very hard for Brathwaite to get into the Sunrisers' starting eleven this season.

The 2016 T20 World cup winner who is yet to play a game this season, must fight for his place in the star-studded Hyderabad squad.

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