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IPL Auction 2017: RCB rake up bowling with Tymal Mills, Aniket Choudhary, Pawan Negi
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday fortified their bowling department for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017.
Published: Feb 20, 2017, 01:21 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 20, 2017, 01:48 PM (IST)
The Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fortified their bowling department on Monday for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During the IPL 2017 auction, RCB surprised many as they went for the England fast bowler Tymal Mills, who had recently played in their T20I series in India and had troubled several Indian batsman. RCB spent a whopping INR 12 crores for the left-handed fast bowler whom England consider as a 20-over specialist. RCB also added Indian all-rounder Pawan Negi, who was taken for INR 1 crore, and left-handed fast bowler Aniket Choudhary. IPL 2017 AUCTION LIVE: Complete updates from IPL 10 auction
Choudhary had recently played in the warm-up match between India A and Bangladesh at Hyderabad, and had picked 4 wickets. RCB were in news recently as they had parted ways with their lead bowler Mitchell Starc, who has taken time off the rigorous IPL to be with his family and preserve fitness for the national side. Keeping this in mind, RCB now have an excellent fast bowler in Mills, who has an economy of 7.25 after 4 T20Is. Mills had made his T20I debut for England against Sri Lanka in 2016, and played the other 3 matches of his career in India in early 2017. ALSO READ – IPL Auction 2017: Tymal Mills roped in by RCB for INR 12 crores
On the other hand, Negi continues to be in demand among the IPL franchises. He was picked for a whopping INR 8.5 crores by Delhi Daredevils (DD) last season but was released ahead of the IPL 2017 auction.
Going into the post lunch session of the ongoing IPL 10 auction, RCB have INR 2,82,50,000 left in their bank. RCB have 22 players so far in their squad, with the overall limit being 27 players, including 9 overseas.
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RCB Squad (as of 1st session, IPL auction 2017 — overseas cricketers are underlined): Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Iqbal Abdulla, Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan, Tymal Mills, Aniket Choudhary, Pawan Negi, Sreenath Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Tabraiz Shamsi, Adam Milne, Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul.