Yuzvendra Chahal‘s departure from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru facet forward of the 2022 mega auctions got here as a large shock to many. Chahal, who has touched the elusive feat of 200 wickets in IPL just lately, was a match-winner for RCB through the years when he was related to the franchise. While RCB retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj forward of the 2022 mega auctions, Chahal’s identify was not on the checklist.
The former director of cricket of RCB Mike Hesson has opened up on why the team could not keep Chahal and in addition why he was not picked on the public sale. “We didn’t retain Chahal because retaining just three players gave the team an extra four crore rupees to spend, through which we aimed to buy back both Chahal and Harshal Patel,” Hesson instructed JioCinema.
Hesson mentioned that he can be pissed off over Chahal all through his profession and even past earlier than revealing why the franchise did not retain him. “Yuzi is one I will be frustrated with until I have finished my career and probably beyond. He is an outstanding bowler. I guess when it comes to every cycle, you have got to decide who you are going to retain. It was one of those things where if you only retain three players, you give yourself an extra 4 crore in the auction. That potentially gave us the chance to get both Harshal and Yuzi,” he added.
The New Zealander Hesson then additionally defined that the spin wizard Chahal’s identify got here late on the auctions and that RCB had purchased Sri Lankan spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga already. “Then the order of the auction came up and Yuzvendra Chahal was at no. 65. Because we had retained that many players we were going to get bullied. After Yuzi there was no other spinner we were interested in. We were obviously interested in Hasaranga as another option if we did not get Yuzi. So we bid for him upfront and then once we hot Hasaranga that meant we could not go for Yuzi,” the previous RCB DoC added.
Chahal grew to become the primary participant in IPL historical past to take 200 wickets in the match, a feat which he achieved for Rajasthan Royals in their recreation towards Mumbai Indians on April 22 in IPL 2024. Chahal was a part of Mumbai Indians from 2011 to 2013 however performed just one recreation throughout the 2 seasons. It was in 2014 when he got here into RCB after which grew to become a significant cog for the Virat Kohli-starrer team. The leggie performed for the Bengaluru-based franchise from 2014 to 2021 earlier than switching to Rajasthan Royals, his present team in the match.
