Plus one of the pillars of their bowling attack, Mohd. Asif doped his way to glory and Glenn McGrath was initially unsure about his return this year. More than that, Daniel Vettori will be playing the full season this time round and while that is indeed great news for the management, this will cause many problems for the team balance, keeping in mind the four foreigners limit for the playing eleven.
And so, they went into the transfer season and the auctions trying to sort out their deficiencies and problems at the same time. They signed upcoming David Warner from the Australian youth ranks and his reputation as a big hitting opener already precedes him. This lent an even heavier look to the top order, so they offloaded Shikhar Dhawan to Mumbai and got Ashish Nehra in his place. Not only he adds to their fast bowling options
