Royal Challengers Bangalore have decided to auction the blue jerseys that they used in their first game of the UAE leg. The proceeds from the sale will go towards free vaccinations for the lesser privileged communities in India via GIVEINDIA.
As of now, six pairs have been revealed, with the first three pairs being revealed on September 21 and the next pair of jerseys being revealed on Wednesday, September 23. Of the jerseys revealed on Wednesday, The first pairing is of all-rounders Glenn Maxwell and Pavan Deshpande, the second pair is also of all-rounders.
People winning the second pair in the auction will get the jerseys of Kiwi Kyle Jamieson and Aussie all-rounder, Dan Christian. The third pairing listed in the auction is of Indian fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini.
Each jersey would be signed by the player it belongs to. The online auction on Frankind has been started on September 20th and will go on till October 2nd. While the first pairing of Maxwell and Deshpande is listed at a base price of Rs. 35,000, the second pairing of Jamieson and Christian has a base price of Rs 15,000. The RCB jersey of and autographed by the Indian pairing of Saini and Siraj is listed at a starting price of Rs 25,000.
Among the jerseys revealed on Monday, the paring of RCB great AB de Villiers and youngster Suyash Prabhudessai is billed at a base price of Rupees 40,000. The second pairing of young batters Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal and the third pairing of spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Shahbaz Ahmed are base-priced at Rs 25,000.
The usual colours of RCB are red and gold, but they used light blue and black to honour the front line workers who put their bodies on the line to fight the menace of Covid-19.