IPL 2019: 5 overseas players who will be part of the IPL for the first time

#2 Shimron Hetmyer (RCB)

Shimron Hetmyer is a good pick by RCB

Shimron Hetmyer was always going to be a hot pick in the auction after he showed his capability in India last year. The left-hander was picked by RCB for Rs 4.2 Crore. He was sensational in the ODI series against India as he scored a century in the first match and then backed it up with a 94 in the second.

He is a hard-hitter and his game is suited to the shortest format. RCB needed a middle-order batsman to support Kohli and AB and Hetmyer might be that man. Hetmyer, alongside Shivam Dube, could form a formidable pair in the middle-order. The 22-year-old batsman scored 440 runs in 12 innings at an average of 40 in the last year’s CPL. He was scoring runs at a strike-rate of 148.15. He even scored a hundred in just 49 balls.

This is the first time he will be part of the biggest T20 league in the world, and it would be interesting to see as to how he handles the pressure.

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