Fight for Herschel:
Herschelle Patel played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore last season and continued to rain wickets, becoming the highest wicket-taker of the season. Thus, the RCB team was forced to buy him again. When he came up for auction, none of the other teams showed interest.
Caviar Project:
The RCB team was the only bidder. Knowing that the RCB would definitely spend a large sum to buy him, Hyderabad team owner Kavia Maran gave as much duff to the RCB as possible and asked for an auction. Thus, the price of Herschelle Patel began to rise. After the RCB team finally bid for Rs 10.75 crore, Kavia Maran stepped aside. As a result, the RCB had to pay Rs 10.75 crore to the person who was going to bid for a maximum of Rs 2-5 crore. This is seen as a setback for the RCB team.
20 lakhs:
Last year, the RBC team bought Herschelle Patel for just Rs 20 lakh. 10.75 crore this year. The RCB has spent up to Rs 10.75 crore on Herschel, creating a problem in the budget itself, as other young bowlers went for lower prices in the auction.