T20 cricket is a format that has always been dominated by the batsmen while bowlers have only had rare glories in the enthralling and the shortest format of the game. A T20 team is as good as its openers for a team is largely dependant on explosive openers for a flying start.
World cricket at present has some finest openers who have ascertained great starts to their teams and these openers like to take on the bowlers and destroy them. So, there is no doubt in the fact of the matter that these openers would be the hottest picks for IPL teams when they sit for the IPL auctions in Bangalore towards the end of January.
Aaron Finch
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Finch is an explosive batsman who can be lethal as an opener. Currently, he is ranked second in the ICC rankings for T20 batsmen and he is very dangerous at the top of the order. With Hitman in the middle order and Finch at the top of the order, Mumbai Indians will become a destructive batting side. Finch is a bull who can crush any bowling attack in the world.
Colin Munro
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Munro is the only batsman to have scored 3 centuries in the shortest format of the game. He is the top-ranked T20 batsman in the ICC rankings and he would surely be one hot favorite in the IPL auctions. Munro is tailor-made for the shortest format of the game and he can be a very destructive customer.
Shikhar Dhawan
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The stylish left-hander has been just sensational in limited overs format in recent times. Shikhar Dhawan likes to go after the bowlers from the word go and he will be going under the hammer of auctions as well. Sunrisers Hyderabad has only retained David Warner and Bhuvi hence Dhawan would be up for the taking.
Martin Guptill
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Guptil is as dangerous as Munro. Martin Guptill has had a major role to play in New Zealand’s success in the limited overs format and its claim to the top rank in T20s. Guptil too would be a hot pick for the teams during the IPL auctions.
Quinton De Cock
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De Cock was the ICC ODI Cricketer of the year in 2016 and even this year he has made it to the ICC ODI XI as the wicketkeeper. De Cock is an explosive batsman who has given flying starts to the Proteas. He makes a great wicketkeeper-batsman which gives him an edge over others.
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