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How Much Did RCB Pay To Buy Jacob Bethell During IPL 2025 Auction?

Aakash Saini∙ Updated: Jan 22 2025, 8:55 PM

Jacob Bethell [Source: @BBL/x]Jacob Bethell [Source: @BBL/x]

Jacob Bethell joined the English squad for the five-match T20I tour of India after playing eight of the 10 league fixtures for the Melbourne Renegades in BBL 2024-25. While the 21-year-old underwent a below-par BBL season in Australia, the cricketer also failed to make a mark in England’s first T20I against hosts India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 22.

Bethell’s poor run-of-form seems to have left several RCB fans concerned about his prospects in IPL 2025, considering the attacking Warwickshire player was acquired by the Virat Kohli-starrer franchise for the upcoming edition of the tournament.

Here, we take a look at how much exactly did the RCB franchise shelled out in acquiring Jacob Bethell back in November during the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Jacob Bethell's Price In IPL 2025

Jacob Bethell, with an experience of 33 Vitality Blast T20 matches, 12 Men’s The Hundred matches and a handful of T20 internationals for England, landed his maiden IPL contract with the RCB franchise in November 2024 during the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Interestingly, Bethell fetched in Rs.2.60 crores at the bidding event, thus earning more than twice his base price of Rs.1.25 crore.

However, the young English batter seems to have undergone a slump in form shortly after his IPL deal with the star-studded franchise. In his subsequent BBL 2024-25 gig for the Melbourne Renegades, Bethell managed to mint just 195 runs in eight innings at an average of just 24.37, and a strike rate of 125, far below than his career T20 strike rate of 139.04.

The 21-year-old also failed to rescue England’s faltering batting line-up against India in the first T20I of the five-match series in January, scoring a sluggish seven from 14 balls while batting at number six.