RCB also roped West Indies youngster Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 4.2 crores.
Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel. (Photo: Twitter/@RCBTweets)
Shivam Dube, who hit five successive sixes in a single over against Baroda in a Ranji match just a day before the Indian Premier League players’ auction, was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping among of Rs 5 crore.
Other than Dubre, RCB also roped West Indies youngster Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 4.2 crores. Bangalore also added 15-year-old Prayas Ray Barman in their squad for Rs 1.5 crore.
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In the last season of IPL, RCB had finished at the sixth spot despite having superstars such as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum in their squad.
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Before the auction, Bangalore had secured the services of their skipper Virat Kohli, former South African skipper AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tim Southee along with Nathan Coulter-Nile.
RCB also traded South Africa’s wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians. Virat Kohli-led side also opted to trade Indian cricketer Mandeep Singh for Australian Marcus Stoinis.
Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, fellow New Zealander Corey Anderson and England’s Chris Woakes, and Indian player Sarfraz Khan were the other players released by RCB.
RCB squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klassen, Gurkeerat Singh, Himmat Singh, Prayas Ray Barman
Released players by RCB: Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson
Traded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis
Players Bought: Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klassen, Gurkeerat Singh, Himmat Singh, Prayas Ray Barman
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