'Same old story': AB de Villiers & Chris Gayle rate RCB's performance in IPL Auction 2023

South Africa legend AB de Villiers has opened up on Royal Challengers Bangalore's performance at recently-concluded IPL auction in Kochi. De Villiers said that it would give RCB a solid nine out of ten for ir performance at IPL 2023 auction. former RCB player stated that he likes look of team and that it's just a matter of building on last year's performance in order to go all way. Meanwhile, Chris Gayle, explosive batter from West Indies, also gave RCB's auction performance a high rating. He said that re is going to be a question mark on middle order but still gave m an eight out of ten for ir auction performance. 

ABD and Gayle rate RCB's auction IPL Auction 2023 performance

"I like look of this team. y h a good season last year. y came close. It's good a balance and it's a good backup. y just need a couple of guys in form. It's same old story I think when it comes to that. We need a couple of guys in that top order to fire. re's a lot of class in that lineup. I feel bowling attack, Josh Hazlewood has been best find. I really rate him. I think he is a quality class player. Very experienced. That's exactly what we needed over last few years. It's just a matter of getting Maxi in form and someone like Rajat Patidar to make sure he continues with that kind of form and a few guys chipping around m. If Virat is in form, we are going to go a long way. Looking forward to seeing se boys perform. y have got a lot of confidence from last year and w it's just a matter of building on that and taking it all way. It's a 9 out of 10 but y'll come close," De Villiers said on JioCinema.

"y were low on purse as well so y couldn't actually get as many players y wanted and actual player y wanted as well. Just a few question marks with middle order as well. We kw what Faf and Virat bring to table and with Maxi fit, we kw what he brings as well. So, it's still going to be a bit of a question mark in middle order with a solid batter as well to help those guys take some pressure off those guys if y don't as well so that's going to be key for RCB. With bowling department, Josh obviously one of key bowlers for m. Hasaranga you kw fantastic bowler as well as number one in world. I will give m an eight and hope y go all way," Gayle said.

Players bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL Auction 2023

• Reece Topley
• Himanshu Sharma
• Will Jacks
• Rajan Kumar
• Sonu Yav
• Maj Bhand
• Avinash Singh

RCB squ: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, Reece Topley, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Maj Bhand, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yav.

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