1. Shane Watson

Shane Watson, the former Australian all-rounder, has played for Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the past. However, in Chennai Super Kings, he will be playing for a new franchise in this season of the IPL. Watson is the only player to have won the MVP award twice in the IPL. The feat speaks a lot about his prominence in the tourney. In 102 IPL matches, he has scored 2,622 runs at an average of 31.21 and a strike rate of 138.65. He also has 86 wickets under his name, which have come at an average of 28.26, an economy rate of 7.83 and a strike rate of 21.6. Co-incidentally, Watson is 16th on both the lists of highest run-scorer and highest wicket-taker in the IPL. He is also the only player to be in the Top 20 of both these lists.