IPL top Pick Up Nasser Hussain

IPL top Pick Up Nasser Hussain 

Some players have struggled with second-season-itis but Stokes will have a point to prove. 

Nas: There are complications around buying last year's MVP, BEN STOKES, but let's presume he will be available and focused; he's a three-dimensional cricketer who is capable of taking the tournament by storm again. 

He gives his absolute best whoever he plays for and thrives on the big stage.

The whole story around Afghan cricket is incredible and the way RASHID KHAN has bowled, in particular in the last year in T20 cricket, has been phenomenal. 

He's got great variations, as he proved for Sunrisers Hyderabad last year, and wrist spinners tend to be worth their weight in gold in T20 cricket - especially mystery ones. I don't think he's been worked out yet.

As I can't have Bhuvneshwar Kumar (retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad), I'm going for MITCHELL STARC because he'll get wickets up front, when it does swing around a bit, and at the death when he can run through the tail. 

He has great variations too, including a quick bumper. Being a left-armer he also gives you a different line of attack too.

'Million Dollar' Tymal Mills was sold for $1.8m last year. Which of the 24 England players could be the surprise big winners this time around and why?

Nas: Anything can happen in an auction - Stokes' fee was a surprise last year! I would be spending a lot of money on Jos Buttler as he's one of the most destructive white-ball players in world cricket. 

He's up there with the best of the finishers at the moment. After his hundred against Australia his price tag must have gone up.

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