page_title: Shane Watson
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context_page_description: Shane Robert Watson is an Australian international cricketer and occasional captain in all formats who has played for Australia's national cricket team and currently plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League. Shane Watson is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler. He debuted in 2002 in a One Day International and retired in 2016 as world No. 1 T20I all-rounder. He was the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of the early 2000s.
  Watson holds several records in T20Is, ODIs and T20s. According to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015. He is considered one of the most influential white ball all-rounders in the history of cricket. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player/Man of the Series in crucial tournaments such as 2009 Champions Trophy, 2012 World T20, 2008 IPL and 2013 IPL. He is the only overseas cricketer to score a century and take a hat-trick in the history of the IPL.
context_section_description: Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian international cricketer and occasional captain in all formats who has played for Australia's national cricket team and currently plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League. Shane Watson is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler. He debuted in 2002 in a One Day International and retired in 2016 as world No. 1 T20I all-rounder. He was the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of the early 2000s.
  Watson holds several records in T20Is, ODIs and T20s. According to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015. He is considered one of the most influential white ball all-rounders in the history of cricket. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player/Man of the Series in crucial tournaments such as 2009 Champions Trophy, 2012 World T20, 2008 IPL and 2013 IPL. He is the only overseas cricketer to score a century and take a hat-trick in the history of the IPL.
caption: Watson in 2016
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