24-year-old England batting all-rounder Will Jacks has got his has had a dream day as he was sold for INR 3.2 crore, a little more than double of his base price of 1.5 crore, at the IPL 2023 auction, which happened on Friday in Kochi.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged the services of Will Jacks. He is another of the exciting talents from England who got the attraction of the IPL franchises.
Jacks recently made his Test debut in England’s historic 3-0 Test series win in Pakistan. He claimed a 6-wicket haul in the Rawalpindi Test.
When it comes to T20 cricket, Will Jacks, a right-handed top-order batter and an off-spinner, has a good amount of experience. He has featured in 102 T20 matches, including 2 T20Is for England, wherein he averages 29 with the bat and, importantly, has a strike rate of 154.
It seems like RCB has picked up Will Jacks as a backup for Glenn Maxwell who is currently on a long injury layoff after breaking his foot.
Will Jacks hilariously trolls RCB’s Twitter account
After RCB finalized the buying of Will Jacks at the IPL 2023 auction, the RCB Twitter handle posted a welcome post for the England youngster. However, in the image that they used, Jacks had his eyes closed!
Jacks expressed gratitude over being bought by RCB, but also trolled them for the use of the image.
“Grateful for the opportunity and excited for this! @RCBTweets
Ps: not sure about this photo,” Jacks tweeted.
Here, check out the tweet from Will Jacks that has gone viral:
Grateful for the opportunity and excited for this! @RCBTweets
Ps: not sure about this photo 😂 https://t.co/7mXXQ2VEl3
— Will Jacks (@Wjacks9) December 23, 2022
RCB squad after IPL 2023 auction:
Faf du Plessis (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
