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Shane Watson (2016)- 9.5 crores
Continuing their trend of splashing big bucks, RCB bought Watson for Rs. 9.5 crore. But this time, their star all-rounder almost won them the title after taking 20 wickets.
He had an average outing with the bat where he could amass only 176 runs but took 20 wickets with the ball which was the third-highest in the list. RCB faltered at the final hurdle as they went on to lose the finals to SRH.
Ben Stokes [2017- 14.5 crores & 2018- 12.5 crores]
Now defunct franchise Rising Pune Supergiants realized Ben Stokes extra-terrestrial talents soon enough as they bought him for a whopping price of Rs. 14.5 crore.
Stokes went on to become the most valuable player of the season with 316 runs and 12 wickets from 12 matches as his team lost by the closest of margins, one run to Mumbai Indians in the final. Stokes formed a lethal combination with Steve Smith and MS Dhoni to take the franchise into the play-offs but missed the last two matches, including the final. After being bought at a high price, Stokes had expressed shock over the franchise’s decision but live up to it and bagged the most valuable player award.
Ben Stokes became the most expensive player of IPL second time in a row, after Yuvraj Singh in 2014 and 2015, where RR bought him for Rs. 12.5 crore. HE played 13 matches but could score only 196 runs and take only 8 wickets and couldn’t replicate the influence he had last season with Rising Pune Supergiants. RR reached the third spot in this season.
Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy (2019)- 8.4 crores
Bought for Rs. 8.4 crore by RR, Unadkat could take only 10 wickets in 11 matches that he played and proved to be the biggest disappointment of the season.
Varun Chakravarthy was bought by KXIP and he played only one match where he took a wicket at an expense of 35 runs in 3 overs.
Both the players couldn’t live up to they're respective price tags and were released by their franchise recently in the trading window.
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