Head of Cricket Development Sanjay Bangar opens up about the PBKS auction strategy
The Head of Cricket Development at PBKS, Sanjay Bangar, revealed that they were targeting three bowlers in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction. Bangar said that Harshal Patel was among the three bowlers on their list. The other two bowlers they were bidding for were Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur. Umesh Yadav was picked by the Gujarat Titans at Rs 5.8 crore, while Shardul Thakur went to the Chennai Super Kings at a price of Rs 4 crore.
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Bangar said, “Earlier we had Mohammed Shami, so there were three bowlers who were on our target list: Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, who is obviously more in the all-rounders category, and Harshal Patel. So those are the three players that we were targeting.”
PBKS priced Harshal at Rs 11.75 crore. He became the highest-paid Indian player in the mini-auction.
Bangar further added, “Harshal Patel's expertise in bowling in the middle overs and in the last five overs comes in handy because it gives us options to use Arshdeep and Rabada if they play in a different fashion. So that is an added dimension to our bowling attacks.”