IPL 2018 | Good investment if Yuvraj and Gayle win 2-3 games, claims Virender Sehwag

"It is great that they have come to us at their base price. It is surely a bargain. Who knows if there were more bidders, they could have gone as high as $1 million. They are big names and match winners, even if they win two-three games for us, we would get the return on investment,” said Sehwag reported PTI. 

With Gayle and Yuvraj in the team, one will always guarantee the duo a place in the starting XI, but the Punjab based franchise have plans of their own, as they revealed that Yuvraj would be a starter for the first few games and not Gayle as the team wants to bank on the Mayank Agrawal and Aaron Finch who have been in good form since their early days in the IPL. But as Finch is set to miss the first game of the IPL due to his wedding, Gayle will be presented with a chance to be in the starting XI

The KXIP had only retained Axar Patel to their squad and used the RTM cards to bring back Marcus Stoinis, David Miller, and Mohit Sharma to the side. With the addition of KL Rahul, Ashwin, and Karun Nair, the former Indian opener feel that his team would fancy their chances to win the IPL this season.

"Last few years, our Indian players were not that good except Wriddhiman Saha and Axar Patel. That was one gap. If you want to win the IPL, you have to have good Indian players. We have four to five of them this time. We were also struggling with Indian batting line-up which could hold the innings together. Guys like Rahul, Nair and Manoj Tiwary can hold the middle order. We have explosive openers in Gayle and Finch, and down the order, we have David Miller. Hopefully, they will do well against spinners," said the head coach of KXIP.

"The way a bowler-captain thinks, he can also help other bowlers on the field. That is why I am a great fan of Kapil Dev, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, who all made great captains."