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Royal Challengers Bangalore began their buying at the 2021 IPL Auction on Thursday, 18 February, by picking Glenn Maxwell at a whopping price of Rs 14.25 crore. RCB battled CSK in a bidding war to get the explosive Australian all-rounder.
Their most expensive buy was New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson, whom they bagged at a huge price of Rs 15 crore.
RCB also picked uncapped batsmen Sachin baby and Rajat Patidar for their base prices of Rs 20 lakh each.
The Bengaluru team then picked uncapped wicketkeeper Mohammed Azharuddeen for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Virat Kohli’s RCB came into the auction with the smallest squad after releasing 10 players in the off-season. They started the day with Rs 35.4 crore to spend and a maximum of 11 slots to fill.
In the off-season they had brought in Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel from Delhi Capitals in all-cash deals.
Here is how their squad looks at the moment (with today’s additions in bold):