RCB officers on the IPL 2025 public sale© X (previously Twitter)
Legendary Indian cricket group batter Kris Srikkanth blasted Royal Challengers Bengaluru for his or her early efficiency within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 public sale. RCB went for a variety of gamers however ended up shopping for simply all-rounder Liam Livingstone for Rs 8.5 Crore. There was loads of hypothesis relating to RCB going huge for KL Rahul. However, he ended up becoming a member of Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore. Srikkanth was not proud of how RCB operated within the first a part of the public sale and he went on to name their technique “naive” and “baffling”. “Rcb wanted one actually good keeper batter and it will have been an excellent match to convey again Rahul into the fold that to at a steal of a worth ! The technique they’ve presently is baffling and fairly naive to be frank!” Srikkanth wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Rcb wanted one actually good keeper batter and it will have been an excellent match to convey again Rahul into the fold that to at a steal of a worth ! The technique they’ve presently is baffling and fairly naive to be frank! #IPLAuction2025
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) November 24, 2024
“As traditional rcb has missed a trick within the auctions by not going laborious for @klrahul ! What a steal for DC although,” the previous India cricketer additional added on social media.
Generational expertise Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to turn out to be the most expensive purchase in IPL’s historical past with a Rs 27 crore profitable bid from Lucknow Super Giants as groups expectedly went the additional mile for marquee Indian gamers on the mega public sale.
Iyer, who captained the Kolkata Knight Riders to the title earlier this 12 months, and Delhi Capitals’ icon Pant, reaped the advantages of constructing themselves obtainable on the public sale following variations with their respective groups.
Iyer was the primary one to surpass Mitchell Starc because the IPL’s most costly purchase with cash-heavy Punjab Kings shelling out Rs 26.75 crore for his or her potential captain earlier than Pant overtook the guy Indian by attracting Rs 25 lakh extra from LSG.
Former DC teammates Iyer and Pant have needed to take care of adversity prior to now couple of years however have proven exceptional resilience and braveness to bounce again.
Pant beat all odds to make a profitable comeback after a life-threatening automobile accident in 2022 whereas Iyer put behind his exclusion from the BCCI central contracts listing to steer KKR to their third IPL trophy earlier this 12 months.
Delhi Capitals expectedly enabled the Right To Match to purchase again Pant at Rs 20.75 crore however LSG raised the bid to Rs 27 crore and the previous determined towards matching that quantity.
Both Iyer and Pant are anticipated to steer their new groups in IPL 2025, which can start March 14.
(With PTI inputs)
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