The IPL 2022 mega auction will be held in Bengaluru on 12 and 13 February. The BCCI has shortlisted a total of 590 from an initial list of 1214 players for the upcoming auction. Indian international and domestic players will be the main attraction of the auction as all the franchises will look to get the best of players.
Royal Challengers Bangalore head into the IPL 2022 mega auction with a remaining purse of 57 crores in which they need to fill 22 slots. Among them, seven are for overseas slots. Karnataka made it to the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as they lost the final to Tamil Nadu.
Thus a few of the state players will be hot picks in the upcoming auction. In this article, we will take a look at five Karnakata players Royal challengers Bangalore can target in the mega auction.
IPL Auction 2022: 5 Karnataka Players Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Can Target
Prasidh Krishna
The Indian pacer took four wickets in the second ODI against West Indies. he gave this performance under the watchful eyes of Virat Kohli. The RCB franchise can look to rope in the Indian pacer and invest in him in the long run. Several former Indian cricketers and experts are advocating his name in the Indian squad in Test matches.
His extra bounce is his most critical asset as a pacer which was evident in the second ODI. He can hurry the batsmen up and he can be a good addition to the franchise that did not have reputed Indian pacers in the IPL over the years.
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