3 teams which could be in contention for Colin Ingram in IPL
South African born Colin Ingram is a well-known figure in the South African domestic circuit and in various Global T20 leagues. The left-handed batsman has represented more than 5 teams in T20 leagues across the world and achieved good success.
Ingram made his debut for South Africa in the year of 2010 against Zimbabwe and had made an immediate impression after scoring a century in his ODI debut. However, he couldn’t continue his good start as repeated failures have halted his career in International cricket for South Africa.
Colin Ingram has played 31 ODIs and 9 T20Is for South Africa. However, he had much success and recognition in T20 leagues. He was part of the victorious Trinbago Knight Riders team that won the Caribbean Premier League in 2018. He also captained Glamorgan in the Vitality Blast 2018. In the recently-concluded 2018 Vitality Blast, Colin Ingram scored 402 runs from 8 games at an impressive average of 57.43 with 3 half-centuries.
With this impressive batting performances, he has caught the eye of many and is a strong contention to be picked up by an IPL franchise. Although Colin Ingram represented Delhi Daredevils in the 2011 season of IPL, his below-par performance, as well as the team’s substandard performance, resulted in him not having any buyers from the next season.
Let us look at 3 teams that could be in contention to buy Colin Ingram for the upcoming season of IPL.
#1 Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad had a great IPL season last year as they finished runners-up. Their success has been largely due to the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson who have scored loads of runs game after game and have helped the team to put up good totals on the board. They have been helped by their bowlers too, who have defended small totals on many occasions.
However, things are going to be very different for them for the upcoming season. The Sunrisers team management has traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils and has bought Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, and Abhishek Sharma. With David Warner likely to miss a major part of the tournament due to the World Cup and no Shikhar Dhawan in the squad, Sunrisers Hyderabad desperately needs an opener and hence Colin Ingram could be the right man for the job.
Colin Ingram would be a like-to-like a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan and has the ability to alter his game at any given point of time. It would be interesting to see if Sunrisers Hyderabad management bid for Colin Ingram in the auctions that would be held next month.