Kane Richardson signed up with Bangalore team this year. The Australian pacer is sold at a massive price of INR 4 Cr. His base price was INR 1.5 cr. Bangalore and Rajasthan fought need-to-neck to grab Kane for their respective teams. Ultimately, Bangalore won the bidding war and Kane entered their squad. He has been part of the Bangalore team back in 2016 as well, the last time when he appeared in the Indian T20 League.
Richardson made his debut in this league in 2013. He has played 14 matches in this league and managed to scalp 18 wickets at an economy rate of 8.38. He is one of the young promising fast bowlers famous for his pace, aggression, well-directed Yorker and is effective in the shorter forms.
The final squad of Bangalore after the auction
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahamad
