DTVHINDI‘He will not go anywhere else except Bengaluru’ Anil Kumble on Vijay Mallya on his auction in IPL
For some reason, Kumble was not included among the icon players in IPL 2008. Vijay Mallya and Anil Kumble (Image Credit- Twitter Anil Kumble, former captain of the Indian cricket team and veteran spinner, has shared a very interesting story with cricket fans regarding his auction in IPL 2008. Let us tell you that in the first season of IPL, Kumble was bought by former owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Vijay Mallya. So regarding Mallya, Kumble had said that in that auction he had said that he would not go anywhere else other than Bangalore. It is noteworthy that Kumble played a total of three seasons of IPL, and he was a part of the RCB team during this period. During this period, Kumble played a total of 42 matches in which he took a total of 45 wickets at an average of 23.51. He will not go anywhere else except Bengaluru: Vijay Mallya Let us tell you that regarding his auction in the first season of IPL, Kumble said through Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel – I was the Test captain of India at that time, and this was one of the things that for some reason I was included in the list of icon players. Was not a part. So, my name came in the auction. Someone told me that as soon as my name came, Vijay Mallya stood up and said, that is my boy from Bangalore. Kumble further said- No one is bidding for me, meaning this was the end of the auction. I was bought at my base price. At that time there was no such thing in auction as you see today. I was told that no one else had bid for me, and then RCB owner Vijay Mallya stood up and said no way. He will not go anywhere else except Bangalore.
