India’s distinguished, Mohammad Kaif in a discussion with Star Sports opened up about the irrational decision that the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made by not using the Right To Match (RTM) option for the English all-rounder, Will Jacks.
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Mumbai Indians acquired the All-Rounder in 5.25 crore after a bidding war with Preity Zinta’s Punjab Kings. Although the RCB had an option to use the Right To Match card option but they opted not to use it for the big hitting all rounder. He also pointed out that Will Jacks played a crucial role in franchise’s run to the play-offs.
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“Jacks saved their honor last year. RCB came in the top four because of him. I remember two matches. He helped RCB beat SRH (SunRisers Hyderabad) in Hyderabad with his bowling and scored a hundred against GT (Gujarat Titans) in Ahmedabad off 40 balls. So Will Jacks won them two matches on his own and they didn’t take him,
he said. He also added,
RCB said they don’t want good players. They let (Rishabh) Pant and KL (Rahul) go, and he (Jacks) played well for them. It’s not easy for any batter to score a hundred. The RCB fans will be extremely disappointed. We have seen from yesterday (Day 1) that RCB’s auction planning was bad, and today (Day 2) they went from bad to worse. I believe not taking Jacks is a massive miss,”
