IPL 2018: Homecoming for these SRH players who were a part of KKR once

Manish Pandey

Pandey has been consistent in the short format of the game for his franchises as well as the Indian team. While KKR management wanted to retain his services, SRH took the bid to a whopping 11 crores that made it hard for KKR to match.

After playing for three franchises – Mumbai Indians (2008), Royal Challengers Bangalore (2009-10) and Pune Warriors India (2011-13) – he was included in the KKR squad (2014-17). Who can forget Pandey's batting in the 2014 finals against Punjab where he scored 94 runs from 50 balls and helped KKR win their second title.

Overall, Pandey has scored 1442 runs in 57 innings for KKR. It would be interesting to see if he makes his former team pay for not retaining him.

Wriddhiman Saha and Sreevats Goswami have also been a part of KKR. Saha began his IPL career with the franchise and played three seasons (2008-10), while Goswami played for KKR in 2011. Having been born in Bengal, Eden Gardens is the home ground for both these cricketers.

Although Goswami won’t be included in the playing XI, SRH has four key players who will be playing in front of the crowd that once rooted for them.