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Royal Challengers Bangalore Head Rajesh V Menon had a hilarious reaction as Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood came up for bidding during the IPL 2024 auction. Hazlewood was one of the top players released by the Bangalore-based franchise after having a sub-par 2023 season which was also riddled by injuries.
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Further, a day before the IPL 2024 auction, news broke about Hazlewood being unavailable for the first half of the upcoming season. Hence as the camera panned towards the RCB table at the Coca-Cola arena, the VP & Head of Royal Challengers Bangalore was seen showing folded hands.
Check out the reaction here:
Further talking about the IPL 2024 auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore was focused on rebuilding their bowling attack as they picked up West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph for INR 11,50,00,000, Indian left-armer Yash Dayal for INR 5,00,00,000 and all-rounders Tom Curran ( INR 1,50,00,000).
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RCB Player Retained Ahead of IPL 2024 Auction:
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (from SRH), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green (from MI).
