"It will be great to play for RCB…": Mayank Agarwal before IPL mega auction

By Sandy Verma On Nov 24, 2024

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Madhya Pradesh�इंदौर : Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction, India batsman Mayank Agarwal expressed his desire to play once again for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), a franchise with which he started his career in the cash-rich league. The IPL mega auction is taking place in Jeddah from Sunday to Monday. Mayank, who represented Sunrisers Hyderabad last season, was released by the franchise before the auction.

Speaking to ANI about the auction, Mayank said, “I think I am very excited. After playing IPL for so many years, I have had the experience of playing for many teams and I have seen many different playing styles It's something I'd love to bring forward in the coming season.” He said, “It will be great to play for RCB. Being a Bengaluru boy and having started my IPL journey with them, it will be great to come back. But I am a complete professional, have played with a lot of teams. So I am looking forward to playing with any team but RCB will be good.” In 127 IPL matches, Mayank has scored 2,661 runs at an average of 22.74, including one century and 13 fifties, and a best score of 106.

He started with RCB from 2011-13. In 29 matches for the red and gold outfit, he scored 433 runs with one half-century. After stints with Delhi Capitals and Rising Pune Supergiant, his best years were with Punjab Kings from 2018–22, where he scored 1,513 runs in 60 matches with one century and nine fifties. In 2023, he was bought by SRH for Rs 8.25 crore. Talking about Sunrisers reaching the final last season, where they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mayank credited captain Pat Cummins and coach Daniel Vettori for allowing the players to play free attacking cricket. . He said that he implemented the team's aggressive style into his game and now wants to continue it in the coming season. “Pat is a very good leader. He is very confident and really sure of his ideas. Even Dan Vettori (coach). The two of them made a great pair. They helped us play aggressive cricket and express ourselves. Gave freedom to do.

It's really nice to be a part of such conversations and see things like this up close. I have learned and implemented it in my game and am looking forward to doing the same in the coming season,” he said. The mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 from Sunday to Monday will be the two most interesting days of this year's cricket calendar. With so many international stars set to feature in the auction, records are expected to be broken and a total of 574 players have been shortlisted from the initial pool of 1,574 names. The auction will be held in Jeddah on November 24-25. The list includes 208 foreign players, 12 uncapped foreign talents and 318 uncapped Indian players.