IPL: Year-wise best signing in the auctions
Over the years, the think tanks of each franchise have done a tremendous job in picking up one or two brilliant players every season.
2019 edition – Jonny Bairstow, Sunrisers Hyderabad (INR 2.2 Crore)
With Shikhar Dhawan departing to another club, the Sunrisers Hyderabad had to look for another replacement as their first-choice opener. They managed to win the bid for Jonny Bairstow at INR 2.2 crore and when compared to how well he fared with David Warner that season, that was another bargain buy.
Warner and Bairstow registered the most runs by an opening stand in a season, although Bairstow could stay only for 10 matches. He scored 445 runs with the willow, which included a sensational hundred against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He averaged in excess of 55 and also had a strike-rate of 157.24 in these 10 games.
This signing from the Sunrisers gives them quite a headache to choose four foreign players every game. Bairstow and Warner, despite hailing from rival countries, have bonded pretty well as openers and promise a good couple of seasons in the coming editions.
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