IPL 2019: One foreign player each team should buy

Modified Dec 03, 2018 01:30 IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad - Brendon McCullum

The Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered a huge blow when their star opener Shikhar Dhawan opted to leave the team. The men in orange are now in search of Dhawan's ideal replacement at the top.

In such circumstances, Brendon McCullum could be the perfect man to partner David Warner and form a destructive left-right hand combination. Also, McCullum doesn't play international cricket and is available throughout the season.

McCullum adds a lot of value to the table. He is tailor-made for the Sunrisers Hyderabad role in the IPL 2019.

Kings XI Punjab - Oshane Thomas

The big, stockily-built fast bowler received a lot of attention when he was with the West Indian team on their tour of India this October. Cricket experts compared Thomas with the West Indian fast bowlers of the 1970s and demanded the attention of the IPL franchises.

The current Kings XI Punjab squad is facing a dearth of quality fast bowlers and Thomas fits perfectly into their picture. Their current lot is full of pacers within the 130-135 kph range and lack someone who can hurry the batsmen.

Thomas showed lively pace clicking over 140 kph and pushed Indians on the back foot in the recently-concluded ODI series. Hence, KXIP should seriously consider going after Oshane Thomas.

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Edited by Vignesh Ananthasubramanian