After a disappointing season last year with the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise Kane Williamson was released by the team.
But Defending Champions Gujarat Titans signed him at his base price of INR 2CR.
“Somebody like Williamson will bring in so much experience. He is a proven player, didn’t have a couple of good IPL seasons but IPL is so fast-paced that it takes very little time for thinking and perception to change. For us, if he would have gone for much more, we would have still gone for Kane Williamson. We believe in that player and wanted to have that mix of experience and youth. Kane brings a lot to the table for any team. We are privileged that we could have him, and on top of that at base price,” said Nehra while talking to Jio Cinema.
“I’m very surprised that we got somebody like Kane Williamson at base price,” the former India international added.
“First you need to see how much funds you have and what you need. Auction is not like you will get whatever six-eight players you need. Very rarely it happens but we were lucky to get what we wanted and still have some money left. We knew earlier also that we can’t go for somebody like Stokes or Green or Curran because they are going to go big. We are happy to fill the slots we wanted to fill,” said the Ashish Nehra
