#3 Kane Williamson
Talk about the best batsmen in the modern era and it goes without saying that Kane Williamson is a certainty to be considered. And as far as the shortest format of the game is concerned, he is presently No.4 in the ICC rankings for the T20I batsmen. But do we look at him in the same manner when it comes to the Indian Premier League?
To be fair to him, the 4 overseas players rule hasn’t let him feature regularly in the playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In 2016, he played just 6 games in which he scored 124 runs and in 2017, he represented the team in 7 games and accumulated 256 runs at an average of 42.67.
The performance in the last edition was impressive given he returned with a great average. SRH might want to keep him in the squad but they might not look to spend a whopping amount on him to retain as one of the 5 players and so, if he is in contention, he might be picked up from the auction at a lesser price.