21-year-old English all-rounder Jacob Bethel was included in the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2.60 crore. Jacob Bethel’s performance so far in international cricket has been quite good and that is why Royal Challengers Bangalore included him in their team.

Let us tell you that Jacob Bethel was born in Barbados but at the age of 13 he settled in England. He recently made his international debut in the white ball series against Australia. In his second match, this young player scored 20 runs in one over against Adam Zampa and played an important role in England’s victory.

Even during the West Indies tour, Jacob Bethel batted very well in the middle order. Not only this, the young player is now going to make his international test debut for England. Jacob Bethel will be seen batting at number three in the first Test match against New Zealand starting on November 28.

Recently, he has been signed by the Big Bash League franchise Melbourne Renegades and will also be seen playing for Paarl Royals in the SA20. Jacob Bethell has also performed well for Warwickshire in The Blast. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has become even stronger after the arrival of Jacob Bethel. Jacob Bethel can be seen playing an important role with batting as well as bowling.

Jacob Bethel is ready to perform brilliantly in IPL 2025

Mike Hesson, who was associated with RCB for a long time, had given many important updates regarding Jacob after the auction. He had described Jacob as a very talented player. Along with this, he had also said that Jacob will be replaced by Tim David in the playing XI of RCB. Jacob’s bowling and aggressive batting can really earn him a place in the team ahead of David.

Jacob himself will be fully prepared to perform well in IPL 2024. Not only this, the young player will get to learn a lot from Virat Kohli and other experienced batsmen.