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IPL squads: How the franchises shape up for 2019 season

Eleven English players involved, including Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone

Jonny Bairstow celebrates his hundred during Day One of the Third Test match between Sri Lanka and England at Sinhalese Sports Club on November 23, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Image: Jonny Bairstow has been signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad in a £240,000 deal

See how the IPL squads shape for the 2019 season, with 11 English players signed across the eight franchises...

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Chennai Super Kings (Credit: AFP)
Image: Chennai Super Kings won their third IPL title in 2018 (Credit: AFP)

English players: Sam Billings, David Willey

Other overseas players: Mitchell Santner (NZ), Imran Tahir (SA), Faf du Plessis (SA), Shane Watson (Aus), Dwayne Bravo (WI)

Indian players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Narayan Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Mohit Sharma, Rituraj Gaikwad

DELHI CAPITALS

English players: None

Sandeep Lamichhane (Credit: AFP)
Image: Nepalese spinner Sandeep Lamichhane impressed for Delhi in his first IPL season (Credit: AFP)

Other overseas players: Colin Munro (NZ), Chris Morris (SA), Kagiso Rabada (SA), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep), Trent Boult (NZ), Colin Ingram (SA), Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Keemo Paul (WI)

Indian players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Manjot Kalra, Shikhar Dhawan, Axar Patel, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Jalaj Saxena, Bandaru Ayyappa

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KINGS XI PUNJAB

English players: Sam Curran

Other overseas players: Chris Gayle (WI), Andrew Tye (Aus), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg), Nicholas Pooran (WI), Moises Henriques (Aus), Hardus Viljoen (SA), David Miller (SA)

 Sam Curran traps Kaushal Silva lbw on day two of the first Test match between Sri Lanka and England
Image: Sam Curran has been one England's star players since earning his first Test cap in the 2018 summer

Indian players: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammad Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

English players: Harry Gurney, Joe Denly

Other overseas players: Chris Lynn (Aus), Andre Russell (WI), Sunil Narine (WI), Carlos Brathwaite (WI), Lockie Ferguson (NZ)

Indian players: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, KC Cariappa

MUMBAI INDIANS

Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, IPL
Image: Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma will be hoping to get Mumbai Indians back to winning ways after a poor 2018 season (Credit: AFP)

English players: None

Other overseas players: Evin Lewis (WI), Kieron Pollard (WI), Ben Cutting (Aus), Mitchell McClenaghan (NZ), Jason Behrendorff (Aus), Quinton de Kock (SA), Lasith Malinga (SL)

Indian players: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Jaswal, Rasikh Dar, Yuvraj Singh, Jayant Yadav

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals (Credit: AFP)
Image: Ben Stokes starred for Rajasthan Royals at last year's IPL (Credit: AFP)

English players: Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Liam Livingstone

Other overseas players: Steve Smith (Aus), Ish Sodhi (NZ), Oshane Thomas (WI), Ashton Turner (Aus)

Indian players: Ajinkya Rahane, K Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

English players: Moeen Ali

Virat Kohli (Credit: AFP)
Image: Virat Kohli struggled to help Royal Challengers Bangalore to reach the playoffs in 2018 (Credit: AFP)

Other overseas players: AB de Villiers (SA), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Aus), Colin de Grandhomme (NZ), Tim Southee (NZ), Marcus Stoinis (Aus), Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Heinrich Klaasen (SA)

Indian players: Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Prayas Ray Barman, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Akshdeep Nath

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

English players: Jonny Bairstow

Image: Rashid Khan was the pick of the bowlers for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 (Credit: AFP)

Other overseas players: David Warner (Aus), Mohammad Nabi (Afg), Kane Williamson (NZ), Billy Stanlake (Aus), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Rashid Khan (Afg), Martin Guptill (NZ)

Indian players: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami, Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Wriddhiman Saha

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