IPL 2021 Auction: RCB pay money for Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson to spice up title possibilities; See full squad

Royal Challengers Bangalore
In pursuit of maiden title, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) obtained maintain of Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson for INR 14.25 cr and INR 15 cr respectively within the IPL 2021 Auction on Thursday in Chennai. The Bangalore outfit additionally obtained maintain of Kerala’s Mohammed Azharuddeen for INR 20 lakh. 

Azharuddeen, a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman had scored an unbeaten ton towards Mumbai within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this 12 months. The Virat Kohli-led aspect additionally snapped up Sachin Baby (INR 20 lakh) and Rajat Patidar (INR 20 lakh). 

Meanwhile, Maxwell as soon as once more managed to draw a successful INR 14.25 crore bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ahead of the public sale, the all-rounder had mentioned that he would additionally wish to work with RCB captain Virat Kohli, with whom he mentioned he will get alongside properly. He additionally was desirous to work along with his ‘idol’ AB de Villiers on the Bangalore outfit. 

“That’ll be awesome. AB (is) one of my idols and one of the guys I’ve always tried to watch the way he goes about (things). I get along with Virat pretty well. It’ll be certainly nice to work under Virat,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

In the tip, the Bangalore aspect additionally snapped up all-rounder Daniel Christian. The Australian’s bidding began at a base worth of Rs 75 lakh and was ultimately taken by RCB after battling with Kolkata Knight Riders. A T20 specialist, Christian has plied his commerce for a lot of franchises throughout the globe. RCB additionally purchased Suyash Prabhudessai and KS Bharat at INR 20 lakh every.

Ahead of the fourteenth IPL season, RCB had launched many massive names together with Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav and Dale Steyn. After the retention and buying and selling, RCB had been left with a handbag of INR 35.7 crore and a most of 11 slots to fill together with three abroad picks.

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed and Pavan Deshpande.

Traded Players: 

Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel

Bought within the IPL 2021 Auction:

Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Dan Christian, KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai.