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The 2019 IPL auction which is scheduled to take place on 18th December is going to be just a one-day affair. Despite, this there are plenty of players for the franchises to bid for and strengthen their team as a unit.
With quite a few big stars making themselves available at the auction, there are also some talented dark horses who might do better than expected, create a bidding war among the franchises and hence might be bought for a much higher price than expected partly due to their experience in this format and style of play.
Let us have a look at the three dark horses who will fetch significant amounts at the auction.
#3 Wriddhiman Saha
Wriddhiman Saha is one of the key dark horses amongst the Indian players available at the IPL auction. Being an excellent and reliable person behind the stumps, Saha is no stranger with the bat in this tournament and hence in the past has shown the potential which he can display to the fans. He is also an experienced player who has played in four different franchises such as the Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab, and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In 115 matches, Saha has scored 1679 runs at an average of 24.33 and strike rate of 129.85. He is a versatile player capable of playing both in the top order as well as the middle order and is also a competent sweeper of the ball. Despite his qualities, Saha is quite under-rated and is not considered a T20 specialist. There is a good chance that he could be one of those players who could fetch a large amount at the auction due to being an Indian wicket-keeper batsman.
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#2 Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad is one of the best batsmen in the Afghanistan team at the moment. He is among those type of batsmen who like to smother the ball from the first over itself. In the recently concluded Asia Cup, Shahzad singlehandedly helped Afghanistan earn a draw against the formidable Indian line-up and hence proved his capability with the bat as an opener.
In 65 international T20s, Shahzad has scored 1974 runs at an average of 31.33 and strike rate of 134.74. Further, he has so far hit 72 sixes and has the highest score of 118 not out against Zimbabwe.
Due to his attacking prowess and entertaining nature, Shahzad could be one of the dark horses who will fetch a considerable amount at the IPL auction. There is a possibility that he could start a bidding war between several teams on Tuesday.
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#1 Shimron Hetmyer
Shimron Hetmyer has been one of the finds for the West Indies from the Caribbean Premier League so far. He is attacking batsman by nature who has shown his consistency while playing for the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Also, he was the only West Indian batsman who looked comfortable facing the strong Indian bowling attack during the West Indies tour of India.
For the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Hetmyer has scored 440 runs in 12 matches at an average of 40 and strike rate of 148.14. Hence, his statistics show the value which he brings to his team.
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