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Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rashid Khan

Players retained: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Rashid Khan

VVS Laxman was entirely sure about the players he was retaining for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team retained their best batsman and the best bowler from the previous two seasons. David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been pillars for this team. It was expected that the team would go ahead with the duo and hence there were no major surprises here.

Now, they have three right to match cards and can use one of them to buy an international player. Sunrisers have been known to keep faith in their bowlers to do the job. Sunrisers possessed probably the best bowling lineup in their title-winning campaign of 2016. Last time around, they spent the big bucks to gain the services of a talented lad from Afghanistan. Rashid Khan has slowly risen to prominence in the international arena.

The youngster is already considered one of the best leg-spinners in the world. He is an attacking bowler and does not fear leaking runs to take wickets.

He can bowl the googly really well and most of the non-subcontinental batsman find it difficult to figure out his variations. Rashid was one of the first names on the team-sheet for Sunrisers and it is possible that they would try their best to buy him back again.

Last season, he featured in 14 matches and took 17 wickets for the team. Unlike most leg spinners, he has good control over his length.

Given his past performances, it is almost inevitable that Sunrisers would use their RTM card on him.