Hyderabad: The auction of Indian Premier League's 13th season is over and Royal Challenger Bangalore bought many overseas players in search of their first IPL title. RCB's director of cricket Mike Hesson said that foreign star brings experience in the team.
"Experience with the overseas player adds something to the change room that something we have looked at," Hesson said in a video posted RCB's official twitter handle.
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"We had a lot of discussions about the different permutations and combinations of the bowling line-ups we’d like to take out at the Chinnaswamy and away from home, and it’s the balance that matters."
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">"We had a lot of discussions about the different permutations and combinations of the bowling line-ups we’d like to take out at the Chinnaswamy and away from home, and it’s the balance that matters."
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) December 25, 2019
- @CoachHesson#BidForBold #PlayBold #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/xqMiQux7TL"We had a lot of discussions about the different permutations and combinations of the bowling line-ups we’d like to take out at the Chinnaswamy and away from home, and it’s the balance that matters."
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) December 25, 2019
- @CoachHesson#BidForBold #PlayBold #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/xqMiQux7TL
Hesson said that the squad has talented Indian players, who will provide a good base to the team.
"I think we are fortunate that we got good core in terms of strong Indian players, players that would quite rightfully make the squad in any team that gives you good base we needed to add to that little bit in terms of balancing the budget out with enough competition for places but also replacements if we had injuries that always been a balancing act among Indian players," Hesson said.
Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Shahbaz Ahamad, Joshua Philippe and Pavan Deshpande were bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 2020 edition of IPL.
Morris was bought for INR 10 crore while Finch was purchased for INR 4.25 crore.
Richardson was brought for INR 4 crore while Steyn was purchased for INR 2 crore.
In the auction, Australia's pacer Pat Cummins became the most expensive foreign player as he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 15.5 crore while Piyush Chawla was the most expensive Indian player as he was purchased by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for INR 6.75 crore.
