#4 Shivam Dubey

Shivam Dubey has introduced himself to the cricketing world as a counter-attacking fearless batsman, who likes to turn the game on its head in minimum time. He made it to the headlines during the auctions, when Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged him for a whopping INR 5 crores.
With the big strikers like AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, RCB lack an Indian specialist for that role and this might be a big opportunity for the 25-year-old to make his case, who slammed 5 sixes in an over in a Ranji Trophy game against Baroda.
#3 Varun Chakravarthy

The biggest newsmaker in the IPL auctions this year was the batsman turned mystery spinner, Varun Chakravarthy, who was signed by Kings XI Punjab for a jaw-dropping bid of INR 8.4 crores.
The 27-year-old spinner is known for his seven different variations with the ball, and out of 40 overs that he bowled in Tamil Nadu Premier League, 20.5 were dots as batsmen found it hard to pick him from the hand.
After paying a hefty amount on him, it seems like KXIP has planned to make him a regular feature in their eleven.
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