IPL 2019: Best team of must-be-retained players

Bowlers:

#8 Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan bamboozled the likes of Virat Kohli and AB De Villers with his spin and guile

Rashid Khan had a fantastic IPL season in 2017 and the Sunrisers Hyderabad went all out to secure his contract ahead of IPL 2018, spending an astounding INR 9 Crore in the process. The Afghan-international repaid their faith and how! Rashid picked up 21 wickets in IPL 2018 at a superb economy of 6.78. He bamboozled the likes of Virat Kohli and AB De Villers with his spin and guile. The 'million dollar' baby, as his teammates call him certainly had a season of dreams and is sure to be retained by SRH.

#9 Andrew Tye

Andrew Tye was the dark horse of IPL 2018

Andrew Tye is a name one wouldn't have expected to be seeing on this list. The Kings XI Punjab spent a fortune to acquire his services and he has duly justified his price tag with a string of splendid performances for the Punjab franchise. Tye was the dark horse of IPL 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker in the previous edition of this lucrative T20 tournament. The Australian pacer took 24 wickets at a phenomenal bowling average of 18.66 and was the lone bright spark for KXIP in the tournament last season.