IPL Auction: RCB managed to cover all bases with multi-dimensional skill set, says Mike Hesson

Royal Challengers Bangalore Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson is happy with the overall squad assembled after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction. Hesson said that RCB have managed to cover all bases with the multi-dimensional skill set in the 2-day event in Bengaluru.

RCB roped in 19 players after spending INR 55.45 crore in the recently-concluded IPL mega auction. RCB purchased Harshal Patel (INR 10.75 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 10.75 crore), Josh Hazlewood (INR 7.75 crore), and Faf du Plessis (INR 7 crore), Dinesh Karthik (INR 5.50 crore), Anuj Rawat (INR 3.40 crore), Shahbaz Ahmed (INR 2.4 crore), Sherfane Rutherford (INR 1 crore), and David Willey (INR 2 crore).

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“We are very happy with the way our squad is shaped with the new inclusions around the retained talents. It is a really balanced team of overseas and domestic players. We have managed to cover all our bases with multi-dimensional skill sets and that was the key to our strategy getting into the auctions. The majority of things went as per plan considering the auction dynamics, we managed to check off all the criteria that we had set out to achieve for the RCB team,” Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket Operations, RCB said.

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“The strategy was to define dedicated roles for players, who we identified, and to strategically go after individual players, managing the purse wisely. We also successfully managed to get some of our RCB players back which was always an important part of our game plan. It is certainly an achievement with the way auction dynamics plays out and the budget remains to be a constraint, but we are very happy with the outcome. We also looked at the availability and how fast all these players just get into the groove and the preparations to form a playing XI. We are certainly excited for the upcoming season and believe we have got the arsenal to put up a quality show,” he added.

“We are very pleased with the squad that we have assembled over the two days at the Tata IPL Mega Auction 2022. We have got some seasoned players who we have witnessed giving eclectic performances in the recent cricket tournaments and talented youngsters who have shown tremendous potential with their consistent efforts in their rising cricket career. We were very clinical in our plans and have ensured players who have a fearless attitude and embody our philosophy of Play Bold to get on this journey with us and enjoy their stint at RCB playing their style of cricket. We look forward to an exciting season of cricket entertainment with these exceptional bunch of players,” RCB chairman Prathmesh Mishra said.

RCB squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Siddharth Kaul, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Miling, Akash Deep, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia.