Kyle Jamieson and Glenn Maxwell were the top procurements for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the IPL Auction 2021 today in Chennai. Jamieson, the 26-year-old New Zealand fast bowler, was purchased for ₹15 crore, while Maxwell, the Australian IPL veteran, attracted a price of ₹14.25 crore.
RCB had a budget of ₹35.40 crore, and it spent most of that budget to purchase eight players – three foreigners and five Indians.
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Australia all-rounder Dan Christian was the only other costly purchase for the club; he was roped in for ₹4.80 crore. The rest of the players were obtained at their base price of ₹20 lakh.
TOTAL SPENT: ₹35.05 crore
| Final squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, S. Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Glenn Maxwell. |