IPL 2019: Best XI of the retained players

Wicket Keeper and Captain (MS Dhoni)

MS Dhoni

Imagining an IPL team that contains the best players in its history without Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not possible. One of the biggest impacting players in the history of IPL with not just bat but with gloves and captaincy skills just storms in this side without any second thought.

The Chennai Super Kings' star player stands at the seventh position in the list of highest run-getters in IPL with an over 4000 runs at an average of 40+ and that too came while batting at such a low position in the batting order.

All Rounders (Dwayne Bravo and Rashid Khan)

Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders

The last two spots of the foreign players, as well as the all-rounders in the side, will be occupied by Chennai Super Kings' Dwayne Bravo and Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine the two players have not just done well in IPL but each every T20 league they have played in the world.

With nearly 450 wickets and 6,000 runs, Bravo is undoubtedly one of the best all-rounders of this format and hence appears in this list. Narine, on the other hand, is placed at the seventh spot in the list of leading wicket-takers with 112 scalps and also has the ability to hit the ball from the beginning only and was also adjudges as the 'Most Valuable Player' in 2018.

Bowlers (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra and Jasprit Bumrah)

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

The bowlers' spots are taken by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils) and Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians) respectively as the first two are there in the list of top 10 wicket-getters while Burmah has been the find of IPL to the Indian Cricket Team and hence cannot remain out of this side.

Apart from their wicket-taking capability, these players are also ranked high when it comes to the economy rate as it is an important factor in this format of the game.

Final XI: David Warner (SRH), Rohit Sharma (MI), Suresh Raina (CSK), Virat Kohli (RCB), AB de Villiers (RCB), MS Dhoni (CSK) (WK & C), Dwayne Bravo (CSK), Sunil Narine (KKR), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH), Amit Mishra (DD), Jasprit Bumrah (MI)