IPL: Year-wise best signing in the auctions
Over the years, the think tanks of each franchise have done a tremendous job in picking up one or two brilliant players every season.
2010 edition – Kieron Pollard, Mumbai Indians (INR 3.45 Crore)
Right after the Champions League T20 in 2009, one player from Trinidad was making headlines everywhere and it was inevitable for him to have caused a bidding war in the IPL. Kieron Pollard went for a whopping INR 3.45 Crore, which was a huge amount for a budding cricketer. After all these years, Mumbai Indians would never regret spending so much money on him.
He made the tournament his own in the very first appearance he made. The tall and physically brutal all-rounder was the nucleus of that Mumbai unit alongside Sachin Tendulkar as they made it to the finals before bowing down to Chennai Super Kings.
With the bat and ball, he made his presence felt that season. He scored 273 runs in 14 games whilst picking up 15 wickets with his medium pace. His strike-rate of 185.71 was one of the best that season and the cricketing world had welcomed a new six-hitting machine.
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