RCB: Cricket fans always eagerly wait for IPL. The mega auction (IPL Mega Auction 2025) for IPL 2025 was to be held on 24-25 November. In this auction, all the franchises tried to get as many promising players as possible in their team. IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has not won a single IPL season yet.
Meanwhile, RCB has included some such players in its team in this mega auction, on whom betting may prove to be costly for RCB. RCB has included such a player in its team on whom betting 11 crores may not prove to be a profitable deal.
RCB spent 11 crores on this player
Indian team's wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma has been included in the team of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for 11 crores. Let us tell you that Jitesh Sharma made his IPL debut in the year 2022. He was a part of Punjab Kings for the last 3 years. Jitesh's base price is 1 crore and many teams bid on him to include Jitesh in their team.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had placed the last bid of 3.20 crores to include Jitesh in the team. Also, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Delhi Capitals (DC) were also included in this race. Although Punjab also used its RTM for 7 crores, but RCB finally included Jitesh in the team by spending 11 crores on him.
Jitesh's IPL career
If we talk about wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma, then Jitesh made his IPL debut in the year 2022 for Punjab Kings. He has played 40 matches for Punjab in his 3-year IPL career. If we talk about his batting average, Jitesh has scored 730 runs for Punjab Kings at an average of 22.81.
