IPL 2021 Auction: Twitter erupts as Kyle Jamieson bags maiden contract for huge INR 15 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore saw off competition from Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings to sign Kyle Jamieson.
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Kyle Jamieson has become the most expensive New Zealand player in the history of IPL after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) secured his services for a whopping price of Rs 15 crore. The lanky pacer was widely seen as one of the players to watch for in the auction and as expected, he caused a bidding war in the auction room.
Jamieson announced his arrival at the highest stage of the game last year when he made impressive ODI and Test debuts against India. Standing at 6’8″, Jamieson proved too hot to handle for India as the Black Caps whitewashed the visitors in both the series. The series helped him caught the eyes of the cricketing world and he has gone from strength to strength since then.
While he can bounce out batsmen with his towering frame, he also has the ability to pitch the ball up and swing it both ways. Jamieson is also a handy lower-order batsman and has already a Test fifty to his name. Former India and Kolkata Knight Riders star Gautam Gambhir is so impressed with Jamieson that he had compared him with the dangerous Andre Russell on the eve of the auction.
“Kyle Jamieson is not a big name at the moment, but he will turn out to be a superstar. This is probably the right auction for all franchises to get a hold of him. And because he is someone whom you can keep for a longer period of time. He is seven feet, he is that tall. He can bowl 140 and can hit the ball long. He probably could be the next Andre Russell in the making,” Gambhir had said on Star Sports.
RCB get their man in form of Kyle Jamieson
Jamieson holds the record for the fifth-best figures in the shortest format of the game thanks to his figures of 6 for 7 for Canterbury Kings against Auckland Aces in January 2019. Overall, he has 54 wickets in 38 T20s at an average of 20.59 and economy rate of 7.98.
And perhaps this is why RCB went all out for the Kiwi star who had registered himself at a base price of Rs 75 lakh. RCB and Delhi Capitals started the bidding before Punjab Kings entered the bid with Rs. 7.75 Crore. RCB were adamant to get their man and fought till the last for him with Punjab before securing his services for Rs.15 Crore.
Here are some of the reactions to Kyle Jamieson’s maiden IPL contract:
Ipl auction 🤷♂️ mad
Jamieson and Morris big bucks yet no Adil rashid bids 🤷♂️ win you more matches than other 2 all day long— Darren Gough MBE (@DGoughie) February 18, 2021
What a downgrade from Morris to Jamieson and that too paying him 5c extra than Morris. This is classic RCB 🔥🔥🔥 RCB are back
— BALAJI (@deep_extracover) February 18, 2021
1.39am in New Zealand right now. Kyle Jamieson's not sleeping tonight. #IPLAuction
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) February 18, 2021
RCB have coughed up Rs 15 crore for Kylie Jamieson and Rs 14.25 crore for Maxwell. Tactic clearly to get some proven big strikers to support Kohli and ABD, but those who can also bowl. Cost a heck of a lot of money!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 18, 2021
RCB bought Jamieson for 15 CR when they could have retained Chris Morris for 10 CR 😂😂. What a franchise .
— ` (@FourOverthrows) February 18, 2021
Kyle Jamieson on course to become the Cummins for RCB. Will come back to this tweet during the season.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 18, 2021
Kyle Jamieson now has the IPL salary equal of MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma's salary.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 18, 2021
WOW! 👍👍
Kyle Jamieson will join @RCBTweets for a whopping amount of INR 15 Cr. @Vivo_India #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021
#IPLAuction
Gambhir feels Kyle Jamieson will be huge demand for #IPLAuction2021 … pic.twitter.com/olnKWbUW1i— Believe in yourself!!! (@iamKLVR) February 17, 2021
New Zealand 🌟 Kyle Jamieson is #NowARoyalChallenger! 🤩
A huge warm welcome to the RCB #ClassOf2021. 🙌🏻
Price: 1️⃣5️⃣CR#PlayBold #BidForBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/AZAn3HeeYx
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2021
We’ve got a really promising overseas pacer in Kyle Jamieson! Happy happy. #IPL2021Auction #RCB
— Ajith Ramamurthy (@Ajith_tweets) February 18, 2021
My five picks for the @IPL auction who might rake in the big bucks- Steve Smith Sakib al Hasan Glen Maxwell Jhye Richardson Dawid Malan. Also Moeen Ali Kyle Jamieson Chris Morris and Alex Hales should go well not to forget Umesh. There is always a method to the madness.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) February 18, 2021
Paying an extra 5 crore to downgrade from Morris to Jamieson, I’m so sorry RCB fans.
— Kieran (@BerbaSpinCric) February 18, 2021
Trivia: Jamieson is the most expensive player ever sold to not have a Twitter account
— absy (@absycric) February 18, 2021
Kyle Jamieson goes for 15 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Has played 38 T20 games and took 54 games #IPLAuction2021
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) February 18, 2021
Jamieson now available with a Royal Challenge! ⚡
How do you rate #RCB's acquisition of the Kiwi speedster?#VIVOIPLAuction #IPLAuction #IPL #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/6iwbcmN6CX
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 18, 2021
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