India vs England, 1st T20I: Royal Challengers Bangalore team has included many big players in its fleet for IPL 2025. In which the names of English swashbuckling opening batsman Phil Salt, all-rounder Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethel are also included. The franchise has high expectations from these three players in the upcoming season. But the way these three players who came on the Indian tour have performed in their very first match. Seeing him, the RCB team must not be feeling very happy.

Phil Salt, who came into the field to open the innings for England against India, faced a total of three balls in the first match. Meanwhile he could not even open an account. The condition of Liam Livingstone, who came to bat at fourth position, was also similar. The team had high expectations from Livingstone. But he was out in two balls without opening the account.

After two of its stalwarts were out for a duck in the first T20 match, RCB was eyeing lower-order all-rounder Jacob Bethel. 21 year old Bethel at least set foot on the wicket. But he failed to prolong the innings. Batting at sixth position for the team, he faced a total of 14 balls. Meanwhile, he was out after scoring just seven runs at a strike rate of 50.00.

Let us tell you that for IPL 2025, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team has spent Rs 22.85 crore for these three players for England. The franchise has bought Phil Salt for Rs 11.50 crore, Liam Livingstone for Rs 8.75 crore and Jacob Bethel for Rs 2.60 crore.

RCB team for IPL 2025

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Jacob Bethel, Suyash Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi. , Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Manoj Bhandare, Mohit Rathi and Swastik Chikara.

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