"Ishan has been with a number of teams and he’s been highly successful, so he brings in his own confidence around that," says SRH head coach Daniel Vettori

The first match of the tournament is scheduled to be played between the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on March 28 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru