“Would Pat Cummins Bowl From Both Ends…”: Ex-India Star’s Cheeky Jibe At RCB’s Crazy Rs 20 Crore Plus Bid | Cricket News

Former India batter Aakash Chopra has questioned Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) over their try to purchase Australia captain Pat Cummins on the IPL Players Auction earlier this week. RCB had been concerned in a bidding warfare with the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) to amass Cummins’ providers. The 2016 champions finally acquired Cummins’ providers for Rs 20.5 crore, outbidding RCB within the course of. Notably, RCB had entered the public sale with a handbag of simply Rs 23.25, having traded Cameron Green from Mumbai Indians for a hefty sum.

Chopra believes RCB had been fortunate that they could not buy Cummins, who grew to become the second most costly purchase within the public sale historical past.

“They had totally made up their mind that they wanted Pat Cummins at any cost and they kept going after him, kept lifting the paddle. It went till 20 crores and I folded my hands and said – ‘think a little’. If you had got Pat Cummins for 20 crores and you had 23.25 crores, would Pat Cummins have bowled from both ends?” Chopra mentioned on his YouTube channel.

The cricketer-turned-commentator mentioned that RCB’s squad would’ve been significantly weakened had they signed Cummins for a hefty sum.

“If they had bought Pat Cummins, if SRH had pulled out at that stage, and they would have got him for 20 crores, their team would have become extremely weak. When you released so many players and if you had picked Pat Cummins on a small Chinnaswamy ground with a flat pitch, you would have been hit a lot,” he added.

Chopra additionally took a cheeky dig at RCB, saying that the franchise ought to thank SRH by sending them Christmas and New Year playing cards.

“So send Merry Christmas and Happy New Year cards to Hyderabad because they saved you. They just went all out and you got saved. It was very interesting that they wanted Pat Cummins but didn’t bid for Gerald Coetzee and Mitchell Starc,” the previous India batter concluded.

Meanwhile, RCB roped in six gamers — Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh and Saurav Chauhan — throughout the public sale.