IPL 2014: Top 3 players to watch out for in every team

'South Africa Tour' CHECK! 'New Zealand Tour' CHECK ! 'Asia Cup' CHECK ! 'World T20' CHECK ! 'IPL 2014 LOADING..!!So, yes, after a busy last few months of Indian cricket with its share of highs and lows, we have finally arrived at arguably cricket world's biggest domestic T20 tournament. The tournament may be Indian and is held mainly in India except for election seasons, but the flavour is completely continental. This is the same tournament where every year you see close friends like Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh play for different teams, while not-so-good friends earlier like Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds play for the same team. The 2014 edition is all set to start with a bang amidst various controversies, with a simple and straightforward tagline: The show must go on! Let's have a look at the top 3 players in every team to look forward to this season.Please note that we - Mirza Saadat Baig and Clive Azavedo - have tried to keep our focus away from proven or retained players and have chosen players who have either been bought by different franchises or have evolved as players of late, or are looking to breakaway yet again into the international circuit.

#1 MUMBAI INDIANS

Right from season 1, the Mumbai Indians franchise has always had the knack of picking star players, and it has been no different this time either, with buys such as Michael Hussey, Zaheer Khan and Corey Anderson.

Michael Hussey, who played for Chennai Super Kings in all the 6 previous seasons, retired from the Australian team more than a year ago. At 38, we hope that Mr. Cricket continues to play at his consistent best.

Ace pacer Zaheer Khan has been the go-to man for most Indian skippers over the past decade, but, at the age of 35, his injury concerns aren't getting any lesser. We hope that he stays fit and proves to the world that he still has some cricket left in him and can be one of the key players if India are to defend the 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year.

Corey Anderson shot to fame with his 36-ball century against the West Indies earlier this year! The MI franchise have spent huge money on him and would be hoping that he gets totally fit in time and fires with both bat and ball throughout the tournament.