5 surprising overseas players in the 2019 IPL auction 

Sherfane Rutherford

Sherfane Rutherford

The 20-year-old shot to fame due to his exploits with the bat during the 2018 Global T20 League (Canada). In Qualifier 1, Rutherford amassed 134 runs off 66 balls thereby guiding his team, West Indies B into the finals where they lost to Vancouver Knights by seven wickets. Rutherford finished the tournament as the third highest run-getter with 230 runs in eight matches at a strike-rate of 172.93. A hard-hitter of the ball, the southpaw amassed 17 fours and 19 sixes.

He followed it up with another memorable performance at the 2018 Caribbean Premier League scoring 171 runs in seven innings at a strike-rate of 142.50 that included 11 fours and 11 sixes thereby contributing valuable runs down the order for the eventual runners-up, Guyana Amazon Warriors.

An ideal T20 player, Rutherford who has scored 354 First-class (10 matches) and 321 List A runs (18 matches), is a useful right-arm medium bowler, he is capable of providing regular breakthroughs. The all-rounder who has a base price of INR 40 lakhs, is sure to make it big at the 2019 auctions given his all-round credentials!