Watson goes for $1.4 million in IPL auction

While the likes of Aaron Finch and Martin Guptill remained unsold, Shane Watson earned it big after Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs. 950 lakh (Rs. 9.5 crore) to have his services. From a whopping Rs 14 crore in 2014 to Rs 16 crore in 2015 and now down to Rs 7 crore, Yuvraj is not the only one who value has gone down among franchises as wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik has also moved southward from Rs 12.5 crores in 2014 (DD) to Rs 10.5 crores in 2015 (RCB) and now to Rs 2.3 crores for the Gujarat Lions. Another Indian pacer Barinder Sran, who made an impression during the recent ODI series against Australia, was bought for Rs 1.2 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad.

South African allrounder Chris Morris went for a surprisingly high price of just over a million dollars to Delhi Daredevils which already has his compatriots Jean-Paul Duminy and Quinton de Kock.

The Indian Premier League players’ auction commenced with the teams ready to spend big to buy marquee players including Yuvraj Singh in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Young Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, who had a base price of rs 2 crore, was expectedly a sought after player with Delhi Daredevils buying him for Rs 4.2 crore.

Yuvraj wasn’t third-time lucky in terms of being the biggest buy but Sunrisers Hyderabad entered late into the fray to buy him. Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh went to new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.4.8 crore.

Pacer Ishant Sharma was sold for Rs 3.8 crore to Pune Supergiants. 6 crore by Knight Riders, Sran turned into a Sunrisers player for Rs 1.2 crore.

Watson earlier played for Rajasthan Royals, which is suspended for two years along with Chennai Super Kings after their officials were found to be in touch with illegal bookmakers during the 2013 season. Suresh Raina led Gujarat Lions, also tried for Kevin but failed to get the disastrous batsman onto their side.