Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR easily has the most reliable and experienced domestic batting set up among all the team that have been put on this list. Led by Gautam Gambhir, KKR has traditionally trusted in the likes of Surya Kumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan. This has been the core strength of their batting order which has won two titles do far their history. The bowling department is usually dominated by the presence of spinners Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav along with fast bowler Umesh Yadav. Barring them, the bench strength includes domestic performers like Ankit Singh, Sheldon Jackson, Rishi Dhawan and Ishank Jaggi. The presence of such an Indian contingent has made them less dependent on the overseas players.
Full squad: Trent Boult, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rovman Powell , R Sanjay Yadav , Ishank Jaggi, Darren Bravo, Sayan Ghosh, Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh Rajput
Squad strength: 23 (14 Indian, 9 Overseas)