IPL 6 Player Auction – As it happened
Yesterday was the day we all had been waiting for, the IPL 6 Player Auction day! This was the sixth player auction and the teams spent around $11.89 million and 37 players were bought.
We now have 7 new players, some big names and some who have shown tremendous promise. The auction started sharp at 11 AM. RCB fans were excited and were all set to welcome new players in to the squad. The RCB management and officials were seated at table no. 6 and the proceedings were about to begin.
Few minutes to go for the IPL Player Auctions to start! RCBians, are you ready?
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
Indian speedster Rudra Pratap Singh was RCB’s first pick of the day. RCB bought him for US $400,000. RP tweeted his happiness at being a part of RCB and said he looks forward to joining the team soon.
Looking forward to a great season with the Royal Challengers for IPL 6. Helllooo Bangalore!
— Rudra Pratap Singh (@RpSingh99) February 3, 2013
RCB’s next buy was the Australian all rounder of Portuguese descent Moises Henriques. He was bought for a price of US $300,000.
Let's welcome Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques in to the RCB family! #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
By then the first session had ended. We had these 2 great players in the squad.
The first session has ended. #IPLAuction will resume in 15 minutes.
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
Post the break we added two more pace bowlers to our arsenal. Young gun Jayadev Unadkat and ex-RCBian Pankaj Singh were now a part of the RCB squad for IPL 6.
Jaydev Unadkat will don the Red and Gold colours in IPL 6. Let's give him a warm welcome! #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
Jaydev Unadkat was stoked about his inclusion in Team RCB and here’s what he tweeted.
“@rcbtweets: Jaydev Unadkat will don the Red and Gold colours in IPL 6. Let's give him a warm welcome!” Proud 2 be in d Red n Gold brigade!
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat) February 3, 2013
Team mate Harshal Patel congratulated him as soon as he heard the news.
@junadkat welcome to the @rcbtweets bro!!It's gonna be a good oneߑ̰ߑͰߘƒ
— Harshal Vikram Patel (@HarshalPatel23) February 3, 2013
Our next pick was Pankaj Singh, who had an excellent Ranji season. Pankaj was previously with the Rajasthan Royals. He also played for RCB in 2009.
Let's welcome Pankaj Singh in to the RCB family! #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
Our next signing was big; it was the West Indies’ leading strike bowler Ravi Rampaul. Ravi has been in good form and has picked up a lot of wickets recently.
Ravi Rampaul is our next buy! Let's welcome him in to the RCB family! #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
After Ravi Rampaul it was Christopher Barnwell, another West Indian who made it to team RCB. Barnwell’s performances in the Caribbean T20 did not go unnoticed. He has played 4 T20Is for West Indies. Here’s what Barnwell tweeted after he heard the news.
Thank you father! What great news @pettylu90 wake me up to. Can't wait to join @rcbtweets this season but in the mean time got super50
— Christopher Barnwell (@Barnwell90) February 3, 2013
The concluding session saw another all rounder being picked up. It was the Australian all rounder Daniel Christian who made his way in to the RCB squad for IPL 6. Daniel played for the now defunct Deccan Chargers in the last IPL season. His bowling abilities along with pinch hitting skills will come in handy if there’s a middle order collapse.
Daniel Christian will play for us in IPL 6. Let's welcome him! #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
@danchristian54welcome to #RCB!Trust me!!You are going to enjoy life at Bangalore and playing for #RCB!
— Devam De Gea (@DevamDeGea) February 4, 2013
RP Singh, Moises Henriques, Jaydev Unadkat, Pankaj Singh, Ravi Rampaul, Chris Barnwell and Daniel Christian are now RCBians. #IPLAuction
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 3, 2013
All in all it was a fun filled day. Here’s how fans welcomed the seven additions to the red and gold brigade.
@rcbtweets Welcome aboard guys. We are the Red Devils & let's show the other teams what we're made of.
— VJ (@iamvinays) February 3, 2013
@rcbtweets red and gold brigade will show wat we are....go RCB...RCB Roccckkkzzzz...new members will given more strength to our RCB brigade.
— sunny akcent sp sina (@sunny_sp_akcent) February 4, 2013
@rcbtweetswe have gathered the ingredients for a storm...waiting for it to unleash \m/
— Vasudeep (@power1921) February 4, 2013
Pretty impressed with the @rcbtweets squad for 2013! RP Singh and Dan Christian two good additions! #IPL
— Scott Parkinson (@ScottParko) February 3, 2013
Nw rcb is d strngst ipl team wid unbeatable battin.Unanswrable bowlin & unbreakable fieldin rc-ipl 13 champs@imzaheer @rcbtweets @rpsingh99
— dhanush s shetty (@dhanushsshetty1) February 4, 2013
Let's welcome @rpsingh99Moises Jay Pankaj Singh, Rampaul, Chris Barnwell & Daniel Christian to our @rcbtweets Red Gold Gang welcome to Blr
— Kashyap Nandan (@kashyap_1982) February 3, 2013
@rcbtweets WITH RAVI RAMPAUL IN THE SIDE , RCB IS THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR OTHER TEAMS IN PEPSI IPL 2013
— Prasanna Jadiya (@PrasannaJadiya) February 3, 2013
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