3. Glenn Maxwell (RCB) – ₹ 14.25 crores
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has a habit of making it big in the IPL auction and IPL 2021 auction was no different. Many analysts and former cricketers expected to be different this time around but the franchises had different things in mind.
Kolkata Knight Riders started the bidding race at ₹2 crores before Rajasthan Royals joined and induced a bidding war for the hard-hitting all-rounder from the land of Kangaroos. Royal Challengers Bangalore also joined the race at ₹3 crores. Chennai Super Kings also joined the fray at ₹4.6 crores in an attempt to secure a hard-hitting all-rounder.
It was a neck-to-neck fight between RCB and CSK as the price surges for Glenn Maxwell, who was expected to trigger a bidding war before RCB racked him up for ₹14.25 crores. A brilliant addition to the Royal Challengers, who will now join the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.
Although Maxwell doesn’t have a great record in the last IPL, but a different atmosphere and dynamics at RCB might light up his game and the Aussie can help Bangalore end their trophy drought.
