IPL 2019: One foreign player each team should buy

Foreign players are integral to the success of any IPL team. Under the new rules, each team is allowed to buy eight foreign players in their squad and can play a maximum of four in the playing XI at a time.

Since there are so many of them available at the auction, the IPL teams need to be choosy when it comes to picking their foreign players and make sure they have got the right man for the job.

Also, the teams are not so worried about losing the foreign players of their preference at the auction since they are plenty in supply and it is easy to find their replacements.

Going into the IPL 2019 Auction, most teams have retained a majority of the foreign players that they picked last season and need to pick only a few more to strike the perfect balance of their squads.

In this article, let us take a look at one foreign player that each team should buy considering his suitability in the team.

Note: Since the Chennai Super Kings have filled all of their 8 foreign slots, they cannot buy any more foreigner players. Hence, they have not been mentioned in this article.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Carlos Brathwaite

The Kolkata Knight Riders have as many as five foreign slots unfilled for which they have to find candidates. One option they could consider is the tall, muscular West Indian T20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite.

Carlos Brathwaite can be a great backup for Andre Russell as the two cricketers have almost identical attributes. He hits the ball as cleanly as anyone and is a good bowler in the middle overs.

Also, Brathwaite has great memories playing the ICC World T20 final of 2016 at the Eden Gardens and would love to make Kolkata his IPL home.