5 foreign debut players to watch out for in IPL 2017

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Involving international players has been the practice for domestic leagues all over the world to provide the better interface and improvement in the skills of the local players. Since the inception of Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008,  each franchise is mandated to field 4 foreign players in the playing XI. Chris Gayle (West Indies), Brendon McCullum(NZ), AB de Villiers(SA), David Warner(AUS), Shakib AL Hasan(BAN) and Sunil Narine(WI) are some of the popular players who attract the audience for IPL. 
Here we take a look at the top 5 foreign players who are making debut in IPL 2017.
5   Asela Gunaratne(Mumbai Indians) 
Asela Gunaratne one of the promising players from Sri Lanka made his T20 debut against India in 2016. He has played 7 T20 matches so far, coming to light in the T20 series against Australia this year, has two great knocks of 52 and 84 helped Sri Lanka to register a memorable win despite losing the last T20.
He was bought by Mumbai Indians franchise for prize money of 30 Lakhs. He is a good middle order batsman who can score at a quick pace and can bowl medium pace if required.
4 Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)  
Rashid Khan, an Afghanistan national is one of good leg spinners at the present moment in T20 format. He made his T20 debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe in 2015 and also one of five Afghanistan players to debut in IPL.
Since his debut, he has played 24 T20's taking 40 wickets at an economy of 6.07. Sunrisers Hyderabad has bought him for 4 Crores Rs.
3 Jason Roy (Gujarat Lions) 
Jason Roy an explosive opener from England made his T20 debut on 7th September 2014 against India. Since then he has played 19 T20 matches scoring a total of 369 runs. His ability to play attacking strokes in the powerplay overs makes him a dangerous batsman.
With Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith in the squad, Jason Roy joining the Gujarat Lions (for 1 Crores Rs) makes it a lethal combination.
2 Tymal Mills (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Tymal Mills the T20 specialist plays for England. He made his T20 debut for his country in 2016 against Sri Lanka. A left-arm fast bowler has only played 4 T20 matches including 3 matches against India.
His ability to bowl slower balls and yorkers has influenced Royal Challengers Bangalore team to buy him for a huge prize money of 12 Crores.
1 Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes one of the good all-rounders in the T20 format of England at present. He made his T20 debut in 2011 against West Indies. Since his debut, the hard-hitting all-rounder has played 21 T20 matches taking 10 wickets and scoring 192 runs.  
Pune Super Giants has bought him for 14.5 Crores the highest paid player in IPL history. Ben Stokes has the experience of playing in Indian conditions during the Indian tour in 2016/17.   
 



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