“Not a kind of person who needs ₹10.75 cr.” – RCB star on auction bid

Harshal Patel is a shinning star in the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling lineup and the pacer bowls the crucial death overs and his slower deliveries are hard for the batters.

His complete journey transformed in IPL when Delhi capitals traded him to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In an auction this year, he was picked up by RCB for ₹10.75 crore.

Harshal switch form DC to RCB as a pivotal moment in both his cricketing and personal life.

“Delhi Capitals just informed me that we have traded you to RCB. Apparently, RCB paid them extra money to bring me on board. That was a pivotal moment in my cricketing and personal life. I was speaking with my brother and he said ‘the auction is a marketplace’, you are offering your services and people are bidding for those services. So, you have the option to either upgrade yourself or you will continue to be in a position where people are not looking to buy your services’,” Harshal said on breakfast with champions.

“That I took very seriously, it was about the value that was attached to the price-tag. For right now, I do not think I am the kind of person who needs Rs 10.75 crore in his life. I don’t have these types of interests, what is satisfying is the value that tag has. That is a decision I made after the 2018 auction that I want to be a valuable player and I want to be the valuable player. When the team is named, I should be the automatic entry, that we need to feature his name. That drove all my decisions, my decision to take more risks on the field and my decision to be more expressive on the field,” he further stated.