'How are RCB so lucky,' - Ravichandran Ashwin opens up after RCB buys Venkatesh Iyer for IPL 2026

Overview

• Ravichandran Ashwin praised RCB for its auction strategy in his YouTube Channel
• The former Indian cricketer regarded the defending champions lucky in regard to them buying Venkatesh Iyer's for the IPL 2026
• He felt Vihaan Malhotra and Kanishk Chouhan were steal deals and praised the scouting team for the same

Ravichandran Ashwin praised RCB for its auction strategy in his YouTube Channel. The former Indian cricketer regarded the defending champions lucky in regard to them buying Venkatesh Iyer's for the IPL 2026. He felt Vihaan Malhotra and Kanishk Chouhan were steal deals and praised the scouting team for the same.

Ashwin reviewed RCB's auction staregy in his YouTube Channel and praised them for the same. He felt that the defending champions snapped Kanishk and Vihaan for low prices and praised the scouting team for the same. Ashwin claimed that Kanishk could do special things with RCB.

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"I want to praise and applaud RCB. They have snapped both Vihaan Malhotra and Kanishk Chouhan at 30 Lakhs. This is scouting of a really good order. If you do such scouting, then there will not be too much competition. Kanishk Chouhan will go on to do special things," Ashwin said. He also claimed RCB lucky with their Venkatesh Iyer bid for the 2026 season.

"RCB have once again had a fabulous auction," - Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin noted that Iyer went for a hefty sum the previous season. He claimed that RCB and KKR both went for him and the 2025 champions got saved by the 2024 champions who bought him eventually. This time around, Ashwin felt RCB was lucky to get Iyer for a lower price despite KKR having more purse amount.

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"How are RCB so lucky at the auction? Last time they went all out for Venkatesh Iyer, if KKR had pulled out back then, RCB's auction would have been over there itself. Now this time, even when KKR had the money, RCB were able to get him for 7 crore. RCB have once again had a fabulous auction," Ashwin added.