IPL 2024 Auction: Supporting Mohammed Siraj! RCB Director Reveals Team’s Priority During Mini-Auction

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat has revealed that supporting Mohammed Siraj with more bowling options will be the team’s priority during the IPL 2024 auction. RCB has parted ways with many bowlers ahead of the IPL 2024 auction and Mohammed Siraj was the only big name that they retained in the bowling department.

RCB released 11 players from their squad ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. The team dropped bowlers like David Willey, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Siddharth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Wayne Parnell.

Other than Mohammed Siraj, the three-time runners-up retained some other bowlers like Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, and Vyshak Vijay Kumar. However, except for Mohammed Siraj Siraj and Reece Topley, there are no international bowlers in their team. RCB also picked Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad through a trade.

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Supporting Mohammed Siraj Will Be RCB’s Priority In IPL 2024 Auction: Team Director Mo Bapat

RCB Team’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat issued a press release ahead of the IPL 2024 auction in which he revealed that supporting Mohammed Siraj with more bowling options will be their priority in the mini-auction. He also said that picking Cameron Green was a fantastic move for the team.

“Mohammad Siraj is a core part of what we do so supporting Siraj with some more bowling options including overseas bowling options is going to be a real priority for us moving forward. Then we have got a core of local spinners, which I think is quite strong. Some of them got some opportunities over the last year or two and they might play more leading roles moving forward,” he said.

“We have got a strong core of retaining players, and we have got a very powerful top order. Part of the decision-making that we had around our player release decisions was to try and strengthen the middle order and bringing Cameron Green was a fantastic move,” he added.

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We Have An Excellent Group Of Senior Players: RCB Director Of Cricket

RCB picked Australian all-rounder Cameron Green through trade from Mumbai Indians for an all-cash deal. Mo Bobat also feels that RCB has a powerful batting unit with experienced players in the top order.

“I am committed to a long-term project here. We have a fantastic captain in Faf, and an excellent group of senior players with the experience of Virat, Maxi (Maxwell), and DK (Dinesh Karthik). So the ingredients are really strong”.

“The next objective is to make sure we create the right performance, and culture where the players can really go and showcase what they are capable of, and go out and entertain the public. If we commit to our processes, play a brand of cricket that is aggressive, and have those moments where we’re prepared to be brave it will get the fans going,” he further added.

IPL 2024 auction is all set to take place on Tuesday, December 19 in Dubai. RCB has 19 players in their squad ahead of the auction. They have spent Rs. 76.75 crore out of their total salary purse of Rs. 100 crore.

Hence, the Faf du Plessis-led side has Rs. 23.25 crore left with them. They can grab 6 more players in the auction. Out of 6 players, they can pick only 3 overseas players.