IPL 2019: The Dark Horses in each team

#6 Kings XI Punjab- Nicholas Pooran

Nicholas Pooran

Punjab was one of the franchises which made a lot of buys in this auction. The reason being was they let go many of the players. They also bought several fresh faces to the IPL, one of them was Nicholas Pooran adding a calypso flavour to their squad.

Nicholas Pooran is a hard-hitting top-order batsman with good wicket keeping skills. He has the ability to provide good starts by utilizing power play to a great effect. He can form a solid opening partnership with KL Rahul who was the lone warrior for Punjab with the bat last season.

This also allows Rahul to be relieved of his wicketkeeping duties and is an able replacement for someone like the "Universal Boss" Chris Gayle. He is a great addition to the batting line up and can be darkhorse for their team's success in the IPL 2019.