The T20 extravaganza in Australia <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener"><strong>Big Bash League (BBL)</strong></a> culminated with Adelaide Strikers winning the tournament by defeating Hobart Hurricanes in a close encounter. It was the maiden title for the Strikers who were lead by the young Travis Head and managed to win in their first appearance in the final. However, amidst all the action down under, the franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) had their eyes on the performance of few players from India.

As it turned out in the IPL auction last week, a lot of young Australian players received their maiden contracts in the cash-rich T20 league. It was the result of their consistent show that some of the players were bought by the teams for the whopping amounts. The world will have their eyes on them when they will walk out on the field in April in India.

Here we take a look at the five star players in BBL to watch out for in the IPL:

1. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/darcy-short-has-reached-another-level-this-season-mark-waugh/" rel="noopener">D&#8217;Arcy Short</a> (Rajasthan Royals)

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/DArcy-Short-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-208144 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short-2.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-208144" class="wp-caption-text">D&#8217;Arcy Short of the Hurricanes. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)</figcaption>

D&#8217;Arcy Short was, in a way, the find of the BBL as he was consistent throughout the 11 matches for Hobart Hurricanes while opening the innings. He also earned the Australia cap in the shortest format of the game and is set to play more for the country in the ongoing tri-series against England and New Zealand. His authoritative batting helped Hobart win most of the matches and even in the final, he scored a valiant knock of 68 runs off just 44 deliveries with 6 fours and 4 maximums.

Short was also the highest run-getter of the BBL scoring 572 runs in 11 matches at an amazing average of 57.20. His strike rate o 148.57 was simply superb and smashed four half-centuries and a solitary hundred. Rajasthan Royals signed him for a whopping amount of Rs 3.4 Crore after an intense bidding war. Surely he would love to repay the faith in him and bat with the same aggression in the IPL.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/02/Ben-Laughlin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-217914" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ben-Laughlin.jpg" alt="Ben Laughlin Adelaide Strikers" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217914" class="wp-caption-text">Ben Laughlin of the Adelaide Strikers celebrates. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Ben Laughlin had been working hard throughout the BBL but hogged the real limelight after restricting Kieron Pollard from scoring 13 runs in the last over during the second semi-final against Melbourne Renegades. He kept his nerves and helped the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/bbl-07-final-review-jake-weatheralds-ton-strikers-win-first-bbl-title/" rel="noopener"><strong>Strikers who are also the eventual champions</strong></a> storm into the finals. Royals had picked him in the auction even before that at his base price of Rs. 50 Lakhs.

Laughlin was the joint second leading wicket-taker of the tournament and finished with 16 scalps from 12 matches. His economy of 8.36 was on the higher side but he bowled all the difficult overs for his team and more importantly picked wickets at an average of 23 and strike rate of 16.5. Laughlin would want to concentrate on giving fewer runs which will make him a more lethal bowler and eventually benefit Royals who signed him in the IPL auction.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/12/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-202989" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg" alt="Andrew Tye Perth Scorchers" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-202989" class="wp-caption-text">Andrew Tye. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Andrew Tye is certainly a hot property in T20 cricket currently as his bowling has improved leaps and bounds. He mostly bowls at the death and foxes the batters with his slower balls and knuckle ball which he has developed. There was some serious bidding for the Australian and his stakes went as high up to Rs 7.2 Crore with <strong>Kings XI Punjab</strong> finally snapping him up. The pressure would be on him to deliver and justify the price tag attached to him in the upcoming season.

Tye played only 6 matches in the BBL and owned as many as 16 wickets with a five-wicket haul and four-wicket haul to his name. His average in this season was a staggering 12 and a strike rate of 8.8 is simply amazing. Perth Scorchers picked him in the XI whenever he was available and he never disappointed the faith shown in him. Tye will be featuring in the ongoing T20I tri-series now and would be confident of continuing the good work.

4. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/chennai-super-kings-responds-to-anti-dhoni-tweet-from-jofra-archer/" rel="noopener"><strong>Jofra Archer</strong></a> (Rajasthan Royals)

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-216519 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg" alt="Jofra Archer  | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-216519" class="wp-caption-text">Jofra Archer of the Hobart Hurricanes. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Jofra Archer is another player who has emerged from this wonderful tournament in Australia. He was always there for his team Hobart Hurricanes with the ball and on the field. He plucked a few brilliant catches to cap off his prowess with his bowling. Rajasthan Royals managed yet another signing of BBL in the auction and will pay him a sensational amount of Rs 7.2 Crore to feature in the eleventh edition of the cricketing festival in India.

Archer played all the 12 matches for Hurricanes and picked 16 wickets also becoming one of the only seven bowlers to bowl a maiden. His bowling average was fantastic at 23.06 and a strike rate of 17.3 proves the way he bowled throughout the last seven weeks. Unfortunately, he couldn&#8217;t replicate a magical performance in the final and had to contend with the runners-up tag. But he would love to win the IPL now for Royals as they are also hunting for their second title after winning it in 2008.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/01/Billy-Stanlake.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-104176 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Billy-Stanlake.jpg" alt="Billy Stanlake | CricTracker.com" width="600" height="451" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104176" class="wp-caption-text">Billy Stanlake of the Adelaide Strikers bowls during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval on January 6, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Billy Stanlake is amongst the tallest international cricketers in Australia and this is what helps him in his bowling stride. He has the ability to bowl at over 150kph and with the same, he bamboozled <strong>New Zealand</strong> batsmen in the first T20I of the tri-series on Saturday. His figures of 3/15 at the top also earned him the player of the match award. Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him on his base price of Rs 50 Lakhs and is there only overseas fast bowler in the whole squad.

Though Stanlake couldn&#8217;t feature for Adelaide Strikers in the knockouts, he played for them in the first 10 games picking 11 wickets conceding runs only at 6.47 per over. SRH would surely benefit from his presence and has a chance to play a few games following his excellent performance in the BBL and for Australia. Stanlake also will learn more and come out of the IPL as a better bowler.

<p>The T20 extravaganza in Australia <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener"><strong>Big Bash League (BBL)</strong></a> culminated with Adelaide Strikers winning the tournament by defeating Hobart Hurricanes in a close encounter. It was the maiden title for the Strikers who were lead by the young Travis Head and managed to win in their first appearance in the final. However, amidst all the action down under, the franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) had their eyes on the performance of few players from India.</p>
<p>As it turned out in the IPL auction last week, a lot of young Australian players received their maiden contracts in the cash-rich T20 league. It was the result of their consistent show that some of the players were bought by the teams for the whopping amounts. The world will have their eyes on them when they will walk out on the field in April in India.</p>
<h3>Here we take a look at the five star players in BBL to watch out for in the IPL:</h3>
<h3>1. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/darcy-short-has-reached-another-level-this-season-mark-waugh/" rel="noopener">D’Arcy Short</a> (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_208144" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-208144" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/DArcy-Short-2.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-208144 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short-2.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-208144" class="wp-caption-text">D’Arcy Short of the Hurricanes. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>D’Arcy Short was, in a way, the find of the BBL as he was consistent throughout the 11 matches for Hobart Hurricanes while opening the innings. He also earned the Australia cap in the shortest format of the game and is set to play more for the country in the ongoing tri-series against England and New Zealand. His authoritative batting helped Hobart win most of the matches and even in the final, he scored a valiant knock of 68 runs off just 44 deliveries with 6 fours and 4 maximums.</p>
<p>Short was also the highest run-getter of the BBL scoring 572 runs in 11 matches at an amazing average of 57.20. His strike rate o 148.57 was simply superb and smashed four half-centuries and a solitary hundred. Rajasthan Royals signed him for a whopping amount of Rs 3.4 Crore after an intense bidding war. Surely he would love to repay the faith in him and bat with the same aggression in the IPL.</p>
<h3>2. Ben Laughlin (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_217914" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217914" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/02/Ben-Laughlin.jpg"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-217914" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ben-Laughlin.jpg" alt="Ben Laughlin Adelaide Strikers" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217914" class="wp-caption-text">Ben Laughlin of the Adelaide Strikers celebrates. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ben Laughlin had been working hard throughout the BBL but hogged the real limelight after restricting Kieron Pollard from scoring 13 runs in the last over during the second semi-final against Melbourne Renegades. He kept his nerves and helped the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/bbl-07-final-review-jake-weatheralds-ton-strikers-win-first-bbl-title/" rel="noopener"><strong>Strikers who are also the eventual champions</strong></a> storm into the finals. Royals had picked him in the auction even before that at his base price of Rs. 50 Lakhs.</p>
<p>Laughlin was the joint second leading wicket-taker of the tournament and finished with 16 scalps from 12 matches. His economy of 8.36 was on the higher side but he bowled all the difficult overs for his team and more importantly picked wickets at an average of 23 and strike rate of 16.5. Laughlin would want to concentrate on giving fewer runs which will make him a more lethal bowler and eventually benefit Royals who signed him in the IPL auction.</p>
<h3>3. Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_202989" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-202989" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/12/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-202989" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg" alt="Andrew Tye Perth Scorchers" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-202989" class="wp-caption-text">Andrew Tye. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Andrew Tye is certainly a hot property in T20 cricket currently as his bowling has improved leaps and bounds. He mostly bowls at the death and foxes the batters with his slower balls and knuckle ball which he has developed. There was some serious bidding for the Australian and his stakes went as high up to Rs 7.2 Crore with <strong>Kings XI Punjab</strong> finally snapping him up. The pressure would be on him to deliver and justify the price tag attached to him in the upcoming season.</p>
<p>Tye played only 6 matches in the BBL and owned as many as 16 wickets with a five-wicket haul and four-wicket haul to his name. His average in this season was a staggering 12 and a strike rate of 8.8 is simply amazing. Perth Scorchers picked him in the XI whenever he was available and he never disappointed the faith shown in him. Tye will be featuring in the ongoing T20I tri-series now and would be confident of continuing the good work.</p>
<h3>4. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/chennai-super-kings-responds-to-anti-dhoni-tweet-from-jofra-archer/" rel="noopener"><strong>Jofra Archer</strong></a> (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_216519" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-216519" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-216519 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg" alt="Jofra Archer  | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-216519" class="wp-caption-text">Jofra Archer of the Hobart Hurricanes. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Jofra Archer is another player who has emerged from this wonderful tournament in Australia. He was always there for his team Hobart Hurricanes with the ball and on the field. He plucked a few brilliant catches to cap off his prowess with his bowling. Rajasthan Royals managed yet another signing of BBL in the auction and will pay him a sensational amount of Rs 7.2 Crore to feature in the eleventh edition of the cricketing festival in India.</p>
<p>Archer played all the 12 matches for Hurricanes and picked 16 wickets also becoming one of the only seven bowlers to bowl a maiden. His bowling average was fantastic at 23.06 and a strike rate of 17.3 proves the way he bowled throughout the last seven weeks. Unfortunately, he couldn’t replicate a magical performance in the final and had to contend with the runners-up tag. But he would love to win the IPL now for Royals as they are also hunting for their second title after winning it in 2008.</p>
<h3>5. Billy Stanlake (Sunrisers Hyderabad)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_104176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104176" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/01/Billy-Stanlake.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-104176 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Billy-Stanlake.jpg" alt="Billy Stanlake | CricTracker.com" width="600" height="451" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104176" class="wp-caption-text">Billy Stanlake of the Adelaide Strikers bowls during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval on January 6, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Billy Stanlake is amongst the tallest international cricketers in Australia and this is what helps him in his bowling stride. He has the ability to bowl at over 150kph and with the same, he bamboozled <strong>New Zealand</strong> batsmen in the first T20I of the tri-series on Saturday. His figures of 3/15 at the top also earned him the player of the match award. Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him on his base price of Rs 50 Lakhs and is there only overseas fast bowler in the whole squad.</p>
<p>Though Stanlake couldn’t feature for Adelaide Strikers in the knockouts, he played for them in the first 10 games picking 11 wickets conceding runs only at 6.47 per over. SRH would surely benefit from his presence and has a chance to play a few games following his excellent performance in the BBL and for Australia. Stanlake also will learn more and come out of the IPL as a better bowler.</p>

<p>The T20 extravaganza in Australia <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener"><strong>Big Bash League (BBL)</strong></a> culminated with Adelaide Strikers winning the tournament by defeating Hobart Hurricanes in a close encounter. It was the maiden title for the Strikers who were lead by the young Travis Head and managed to win in their first appearance in the final. However, amidst all the action down under, the franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) had their eyes on the performance of few players from India.</p>
<p>As it turned out in the IPL auction last week, a lot of young Australian players received their maiden contracts in the cash-rich T20 league. It was the result of their consistent show that some of the players were bought by the teams for the whopping amounts. The world will have their eyes on them when they will walk out on the field in April in India.</p>
<h3>Here we take a look at the five star players in BBL to watch out for in the IPL:</h3>
<h3>1. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/darcy-short-has-reached-another-level-this-season-mark-waugh/" rel="noopener">D&#8217;Arcy Short</a> (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_208144" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-208144" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/DArcy-Short-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-208144 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short-2.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-208144" class="wp-caption-text">D&#8217;Arcy Short of the Hurricanes. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>D&#8217;Arcy Short was, in a way, the find of the BBL as he was consistent throughout the 11 matches for Hobart Hurricanes while opening the innings. He also earned the Australia cap in the shortest format of the game and is set to play more for the country in the ongoing tri-series against England and New Zealand. His authoritative batting helped Hobart win most of the matches and even in the final, he scored a valiant knock of 68 runs off just 44 deliveries with 6 fours and 4 maximums.</p>
<p>Short was also the highest run-getter of the BBL scoring 572 runs in 11 matches at an amazing average of 57.20. His strike rate o 148.57 was simply superb and smashed four half-centuries and a solitary hundred. Rajasthan Royals signed him for a whopping amount of Rs 3.4 Crore after an intense bidding war. Surely he would love to repay the faith in him and bat with the same aggression in the IPL.</p>
<h3>2. Ben Laughlin (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_217914" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217914" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/02/Ben-Laughlin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-217914" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ben-Laughlin.jpg" alt="Ben Laughlin Adelaide Strikers" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217914" class="wp-caption-text">Ben Laughlin of the Adelaide Strikers celebrates. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ben Laughlin had been working hard throughout the BBL but hogged the real limelight after restricting Kieron Pollard from scoring 13 runs in the last over during the second semi-final against Melbourne Renegades. He kept his nerves and helped the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/bbl-07-final-review-jake-weatheralds-ton-strikers-win-first-bbl-title/" rel="noopener"><strong>Strikers who are also the eventual champions</strong></a> storm into the finals. Royals had picked him in the auction even before that at his base price of Rs. 50 Lakhs.</p>
<p>Laughlin was the joint second leading wicket-taker of the tournament and finished with 16 scalps from 12 matches. His economy of 8.36 was on the higher side but he bowled all the difficult overs for his team and more importantly picked wickets at an average of 23 and strike rate of 16.5. Laughlin would want to concentrate on giving fewer runs which will make him a more lethal bowler and eventually benefit Royals who signed him in the IPL auction.</p>
<h3>3. Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_202989" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-202989" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/12/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-202989" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Andrew-Tye-1.jpg" alt="Andrew Tye Perth Scorchers" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-202989" class="wp-caption-text">Andrew Tye. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Andrew Tye is certainly a hot property in T20 cricket currently as his bowling has improved leaps and bounds. He mostly bowls at the death and foxes the batters with his slower balls and knuckle ball which he has developed. There was some serious bidding for the Australian and his stakes went as high up to Rs 7.2 Crore with <strong>Kings XI Punjab</strong> finally snapping him up. The pressure would be on him to deliver and justify the price tag attached to him in the upcoming season.</p>
<p>Tye played only 6 matches in the BBL and owned as many as 16 wickets with a five-wicket haul and four-wicket haul to his name. His average in this season was a staggering 12 and a strike rate of 8.8 is simply amazing. Perth Scorchers picked him in the XI whenever he was available and he never disappointed the faith shown in him. Tye will be featuring in the ongoing T20I tri-series now and would be confident of continuing the good work.</p>
<h3>4. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/chennai-super-kings-responds-to-anti-dhoni-tweet-from-jofra-archer/" rel="noopener"><strong>Jofra Archer</strong></a> (Rajasthan Royals)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_216519" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-216519" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2018/01/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-216519 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Jofra-Archer-2.jpg" alt="Jofra Archer  | CricTracker.com" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-216519" class="wp-caption-text">Jofra Archer of the Hobart Hurricanes. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Jofra Archer is another player who has emerged from this wonderful tournament in Australia. He was always there for his team Hobart Hurricanes with the ball and on the field. He plucked a few brilliant catches to cap off his prowess with his bowling. Rajasthan Royals managed yet another signing of BBL in the auction and will pay him a sensational amount of Rs 7.2 Crore to feature in the eleventh edition of the cricketing festival in India.</p>
<p>Archer played all the 12 matches for Hurricanes and picked 16 wickets also becoming one of the only seven bowlers to bowl a maiden. His bowling average was fantastic at 23.06 and a strike rate of 17.3 proves the way he bowled throughout the last seven weeks. Unfortunately, he couldn&#8217;t replicate a magical performance in the final and had to contend with the runners-up tag. But he would love to win the IPL now for Royals as they are also hunting for their second title after winning it in 2008.</p>
<h3>5. Billy Stanlake (Sunrisers Hyderabad)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_104176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104176" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/01/Billy-Stanlake.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-104176 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Billy-Stanlake.jpg" alt="Billy Stanlake | CricTracker.com" width="600" height="451" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104176" class="wp-caption-text">Billy Stanlake of the Adelaide Strikers bowls during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval on January 6, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Billy Stanlake is amongst the tallest international cricketers in Australia and this is what helps him in his bowling stride. He has the ability to bowl at over 150kph and with the same, he bamboozled <strong>New Zealand</strong> batsmen in the first T20I of the tri-series on Saturday. His figures of 3/15 at the top also earned him the player of the match award. Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him on his base price of Rs 50 Lakhs and is there only overseas fast bowler in the whole squad.</p>
<p>Though Stanlake couldn&#8217;t feature for Adelaide Strikers in the knockouts, he played for them in the first 10 games picking 11 wickets conceding runs only at 6.47 per over. SRH would surely benefit from his presence and has a chance to play a few games following his excellent performance in the BBL and for Australia. Stanlake also will learn more and come out of the IPL as a better bowler.</p>

They lit up the BBL and are now awaiting the IPL to hog the limelight.

5 BBL stars to watch out for in IPL 2018

However, amidst all the action down under, the franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) had their eyes on the performance