4 Indian players who could be valuable additions to the Global T20 squads

Global T20 is the franchise based cricket tournament played in Canada. The 2018 edition marked its start. The league which features five franchises and a Cricket West Indies B team completed its league stage recently. At the end of the group stage, top 4 teams have qualified for the playoffs.

The other two teams to have missed out on a playoff berth are Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers. Toronto Nationals which had the likes of Steve Smith and Darren Sammy failed to make an impact this season, finishing sixth.

David Warner's Winnipeg Hawks play their first playoff match against Edmonton Royals. Cricket West Indies B topped the table in the group stage. Every team had a concern about their playing 11 and would have loved to have some Indians on their side.

As some reports evolved during this year's IPL stating a possibility to let at least some domestic players participate in overseas leagues, we take a look at some Indian players who could be valuable additions to the Global T20 franchises.

#4 Shreyas Iyer- Edmonton Royals.

Shreyas Iyer.

Shreyas Iyer, one of the modern greats India has ever seen has missed his national spot for the England series for the T20Is. His class and temperament made him play for the national side earlier this year.

Iyer made his IPL debut against Chennai Super Kings in 2015.

A stylish stroke-maker, the top-order bat can take the attack to the bowlers in any format of the game. After his performances for the India A side, he made his T20I debut in November 2017 and made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Dharmashala.

Iyer's recent performances with the bat led the resurgence of the bottom-placed Delhi in the second half of the tournament.

The Edmonton Royals, led by Sohail Tanvir, finished on the 4th spot in this year's GT20. They lost to David Warner's Winnipeg Hawks in the eliminator. The main reason for their loss was that they didn't have a sufficient number of batsmen who can bat till the end.

Shreyas Iyer could bat at the No.4 spot and help take the burden of the lower middle order. He might well also be a captaincy material for the Royals.

#3 Mayank Markande- Winnipeg Hawks.

Mayank Markande.

Mayank Markande made his IPL debut against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. He didn't feature in any of the IPL matches before this season but went on to pick 15 wickets from 14 games. His variations in bowling made him a star in his debut season itself and thanks to his performances, he might get a maiden call to the national squad in the recent future.

David Warner's Winnipeg Hawks, who made their way into the second qualifier will now face Vancouver Knights. Hawks lack a quality spinner who can turn the game around and hence, Markande is a kind of spinner who would be able to provide breakthroughs and turn the game around with his spells.

#2 Krunal Pandya- Vancouver Knights.

Krunal Pandya.

Krunal Pandya, elder brother of Hardik Pandya, made his IPL debut against Gujarat Lions in 2016. He was draft by Mumbai Indians for INR.2 crore in the 2016 player auction.

He was quite impressive in the second half of the season as he scored 237 runs in his 12 innings and was part of the 2017 IPL winning Mumbai Indians squad. The 27-year-old all-rounder was draft by Mumbai in the 2018 IPL player auction for a whooping INR.8.8 crore. The Knights lack a quality spin all-rounder who can bat higher the order and Krunal could be the perfect fit for this role.

#1 Rishabh Pant- Montreal Tigers.

Rishab Pant.

Rishabh Pant made his IPL debut against Gujarat Lions in 2016. He went on to impress everyone and made his international debut against England in 2017. His 2018 IPL form seems more convincing as he scored 648 runs from his 14 games.

Pant was one of the three players to be retained by Delhi ahead of the auction. Even as Delhi finished at the bottom of the table, he won the emerging player award. Pant was also one of the highest run-scorers in this year's IPL season.

Montreal Tigers failed to qualify for the playoffs this year as they lacked an attacking middle-order batsman. Dinesh Ramdin, the keeper-batsman scored less than run a ball and was the main reason behind Montreal Tigers disappointing season.

Pant could be the type of player to help Montreal Tigers overcome the middle-order woes.