IPL Auction 2022: We Have Managed To Cover All Bases- Mike Hesson After Mega Auction

Royal Challengers Bangalore Director Of Cricket Operations, Mike Hesson seemed pretty happy with the squad that they assembled after the IPL 2022 mega auction. The franchise bought as many as 19 players at the auction to go with their three retained players. Faf du Plessis (7 Cr), Dinesh Karthik (5.50 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (10.75 Cr) Josh Hazlewood (7.75 Cr) and Harshal Patel (10.75 Cr) are some of their top picks ahead of the new season.

After the auction, Mike Hesson while speaking to RCB’s official Twitter handle said that they managed to cover all bases with the multi-dimensional skillset players that they managed to add to their side.

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“We are very happy with the way our squad is shaped with the new inclusions around the retained talents. It is a really balanced team of overseas and domestic players. We have managed to cover all our bases with multi-dimensional skill sets and that was the key to our strategy getting into the auctions. The majority of things went as per plan considering the auction dynamics, we managed to check off all the criteria that we had set out to achieve for the RCB team,” Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket Operations, RCB said.

He further spoke on the strategy that the franchise adapted to acquire the new players. Du Plessis is seen as the new potential captain for the franchise. In Dinesh Karthik, they have another potential Indian captain who can replace Virat Kohli heading into the new season.

Strategy Was To Define Dedicated Roles For Players: Mike Hesson

“The strategy was to define dedicated roles for players, who we identified, and to strategically go after individual players, managing the purse wisely. We also successfully managed to get some of our RCB players back which was always an important part of our game plan. It is certainly an achievement with the way auction dynamics plays out and the budget remains to be a constraint, but we are very happy with the outcome.”

“We also looked at the availability and how fast all these players just get into the groove and the preparations to form a playing XI. We are certainly excited for the upcoming season and believe we have got the arsenal to put up a quality show,” he added.

Complete Squad Of Royal Challengers Bangalore For IPL 2022

Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Siddharth Kaul, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Miling, Akash Deep, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia

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