3 International Superstars who are too good to warm their team's benches in this IPL Season

The Indian Premier League 2019 has been going off to a flyer. We have witnessed numerous world-class performances recurrently. The excellence of cricketing talent has well and truly succeeded in contriving exceptional performances during the ongoing tournament.

Every team has just about found out their best possible combinations barring RCB, who are at the foot of the table without winning any of their matches till now. The apex of the season is the massacre by Warner-Bairstow and Russell. They have vanquished every bowling unit that they have faced.

Amid all the players seeking to level their game up in every match, there are players with expansive cricketing names who haven't been able to make it to their respective team's starting playing XI. Just because of sheer prodigious performance is shown by the fellow counterparts they have not been able to get into the starting sheet of their team. Here are the top 4 great international stars who are just warming their franchises benches in the IPL.

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#3 Shakib Al Hasan - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Shakib Al Hasan is one of the top all-rounders across the cricketing landscape

Retained by SRH this season, Shakib Al Hasan is one of the top all-rounders across the cricketing landscape and one of the best players Bangladesh soil has ever produced. He initially played for KKR and has been a proven performer both with the bat and ball in the IPL circuit for years on end. A player with a calm sense of reassurance, he has 58 wickets at a commendable strike rate of 22.15 and appreciable economy of 7.46 in the 61 matches he has played so far in IPL. The former captain of Bangladesh is a hard hitter of the cricket ball and more than a decent left-arm orthodox spinner.

The exceptional performances of his fellow Asian all-rounder Mohammad Nabi have surely been the predominant reason of Shakib Al Hasan not featuring in the all-rounding department of his team. Having the talent of bowling tightly in the powerplay, Nabi has created an ample amount of difficulties for the opposition batters. Though Shakib Al Hasan is one of the best all-rounders in the world, he still needs to wait for his opportunities during the course of the season.

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#2 Colin Munro - Delhi Capitals

Colin Munro scored 104 off just 54 deliveries against West Indies

Colin Munro is an explosive opening batsman from New Zealand. The Durban-born Kiwi, who was part of Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders previously, was signed up by Delhi in 2018 to boost their batting line-up. Though averaging just 11.62 in the IPL, he is a proven performer in the T20 Internationals. Munro holds the record for the fastest half-century by a New Zealander in T20 cricket; his 14-ball blitzkrieg against Sri Lanka stands second only to Yuvraj Singh’s 12-ball fifty against England. He is a T20 favourite in leagues across the world and has amassed over 3500 runs in the format. He also has the second most centuries (3) in the format after Rohit Sharma (4). Haven't played a single match this season, he'll be keen to make his mark in the best T20 league in the world.

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#1 Martin Guptill - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Martin Guptill of New Zealand

Another Sunrisers Hyderabad player appears on the list and this time he is none other than Martin Guptill. The enigmatic stroke-maker from Auckland has been one of the mainstays of New Zealand's batting in white-ball cricket over the years. He was the first Kiwi to smash an ODI century in a debut. As of February 2019, Guptill has scored the second most runs in T20I cricket. He was the highest scorer until his record was broken by Rohit Sharma.

The swashbuckling opener from New Zealand, Martin Guptill has not quite lived up to his credentials in the IPL. He has been a part of 2 seasons and managed just 189 runs in 10 games that include one half-century. SRH bought Guptill for ₹1 crore in this year's IPL auction. Acknowledging what Bairstow and Warner are doing up the order for SRH, it is quite unlikely that Guptill would any chance to showcase his prowess in the IPL. But, if given a chance he would want to set the stage on fire because he does have all the capabilities to do so.

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