KANE RICHARDSON (RCB)

Australia’s Kane Richardson is one of the best T20 bowlers around and has 145 wickets in 121 T20 matches in his career with an economy of 7.89, which is great for a pacer. Hence Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) paid 4 cr rupees for his services for IPL 2020.

IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore – List of players retained and released

Unfortunately, Richardson pulled out of the tournament for the birth of his first child and was expected that RCB would release him before the IPL 2021 auction. However, the franchise decided to retain him as they released the likes of Dale Steyn, Chris Morris, and Isuru Udana and wanted a young, but experienced fast bowler and hence retained Kane Richardson.