Royal Challengers Bangalore made a big change to their squad right ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. RCB traded in Cameron Green for a massive sum of money – Rs 17.5 crore. RCB Director of Cricket Mo Babat explained the franchise’s call ahead of auction day. Babat, while speaking at an event said that Green is a fantastic player and it would strengthen the middle-order of the side.
“We have got a strong core of retaining players, and we have got a very powerful top order. Part of the decision-making that we had around our player release decisions was to try and strengthen the middle order and bringing Cameron Green was a fantastic move,” Mo Babat said during RCB Innovation Lab’s Leaders Meet.
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Bangalore retained the majority of their core going into the 2024 mini-auction. RCB’s release list of dominated by the bowling group. Key players like Josh Hazlewood and Harshal Patel were let go from the setup. Babat said that the bowling group would be based around Mohammed Siraj, who has been on fire in international cricket in the last 2-3 years.
Mohammad Siraj is a core part of what we do so supporting Siraj with some more bowling options including overseas bowling options is going to be a real priority for us moving forward. Then we have got a core of local spinners, which I think is quite strong. Some of them got some opportunities over the last year or two and they might play more leading roles moving forward,” Babat said in the same event.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will hope to bank on their core to deliver strong performances. RCB reached the play-offs in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 season but never made it to the final of the tournament. Babat said that he was committed to the RCB project and was banking on the senior players to deliver.
“I am committed to a long-term project here. We have a fantastic captain in Faf, and an excellent group of senior players with the experience of Virat, Maxi (Maxwell), and DK (Dinesh Karthik),” Babat said.
“So the ingredients are really strong. The next objective is to make sure we create the right performance, and culture where the players can really go and showcase what they are capable of, and go out and entertain the public. If we commit to our processes, play a brand of cricket that is aggressive, and have those moments where we’re prepared to be brave it will get the fans going,” Babat concluded.
