IPL 2018: 5 most worthy right to match card choices
The IPL has come a full circle, having completed 10 years. Like human relationships, the relation between leagues and their fans also gets bland over time. In an attempt to spice things up, the idea of player retention and Right-to-Match (RTM) cards was brought up for the 2014 IPL auction and was used again in the 2018 edition.
As per the retention rules, there is an upper limit of five players that a team can retain, including RTM card options. Those five players had to be a combination of three capped Indian players, two uncapped Indian players, and two overseas players. As a result, the franchises came up with different strategies in order to get maximum value for their money. Here are the 5 most deserving players for whom the RTM card was used.
#5 Shikhar Dhawan
Since Shikhar Dhawan started playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he has become a much improved T20 player. He has scored at an average of more than 35 in the last two seasons. He may have been dropped from the Indian Test side, but when it comes to limited-overs cricket, make no mistake, he is still a star performer.
As an opener, he, along with David Warner, has been instrumental in SRH's success. The duo complements each other very well. If one is hitting the ball cleanly, the other takes a back seat and vice versa. As a result, RTM was used for Dhawan by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 5.2 crores.
