Bengaluru, Feb 20: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), without the services of Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Star, opted to bolster their bowling by splashing Rs 12 crore on England's Tymal Mills.
Tournament schedule; Retained players' list; All 8 squads
At today's (February 20) players' auction, RCB bought left-arm quick Mills and 4 others. Mills is a Twenty20 specialist and has already impressed in various leagues across the world. (Final list of players sold)
One day before the auction, RCB and Starc "mutually" decided to discontinue their association.
Here is the final squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after the auction
Squad strength: 24 (Overseas players - 9); Funds remaining: Rs 2.42 crore out of Rs 66 crore
1. AB de Villiers (South Africa) - Rs 9.5 crore
2. Chris Gayle (West Indies) - Rs 7.5 crore
3. Adam Milne (New Zealand) - Rs 70 lakh
4. Shane Watson (Australia) - Rs 9.5 crore
5. Samuel Badree (West Indies) - Rs 50 lakh
6. Travis Head (Australia) - Rs 50 lakh
7. Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) - Rs 10 lakh
8. Virat Kohli - Rs 12.5 crore
9. Yuzvendra Singh Chahal - Rs 10 lakh
10. Harshal Patel - Rs 40 lakh
11. Mandeep Hardev Singh - Rs 80 lakh
12. Sarfaraz Naushad Khan - Rs 50 lakh
13. Sreenath Aravind - Rs 10 lakh
14. Kedar Jadhav - Rs 2.1 crore
15. Stuart Binny - Rs 2 crore
16. Sachin Baby - Rs 10 lakh
17. Iqbal Abdullah - Rs 10 lakh
18. KL Rahul - Rs 1 crore
19. Avesh Khan - Rs 10 lakh
All the above were retained from last year
The following were bought at today's auction
20. Tymal Mills (England) - Rs 12 crore
21. Billy Stanlake (Australia) - Rs 30 lakh
22. Aniket Choudhary - Rs 2 crore
23. Pawan Negi - Rs 1 crore
24. Praveen Dubey - Rs 10 lakh
Note: As per IPL rules, a franchise can have a maximum of 27 players in the squad with 9 overseas cricketers
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