3. K GOWTHAM (Rs 2 crore, Mumbai Indians)
Gowtham is a 28-year-old offspinning allrounder who this domestic season made it back to Karnataka’s Ranji Trophy squad and claimed 27 wickets in eight matches, including a career-best 7/108. His success helped Karnataka into the quarter-finals, where they were hammered by Tamil Nadu, and earned Gowtham a spot in the India A squad that played Australia in Mumbai last week. Between the Ranji Trophy and that practice match against Australia, Gowtham took five wickets in five matches for KarnatakaAin the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In 20 career T20 games, he has taken 16 wickets an at average of 26.75 and economy of 7.01, and has best figures of 4/19.
