3. Martin Guptill
To everyone’s surprise, he remained unsold in the IPL auction. But due to Lendl Simmons injury, Mumbai Indians chose him as his replacement. Guptill is one of the most in-form players in international cricket in the past couple of years. His batting record for New Zealand in limited overs cricket has been top class and of late he has been playing the big shots with ridiculous ease.He was arguably New Zealand’s best batsman in the recently concluded World T20. He will be the one to watch out for in this year’s IPL.