Kedar Jadhav to play for RCB in IPL 2016

Maharashtra batsman Kedar Jadhav will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Vivo Indian Premier League 2016.

“Royal Challengers Bangalore has acquired the services of Delhi Daredevils’ batsman Kedar Jadhav for Indian Premier League 2016. The first Trading Window for the IPL 2016, which was open from Tuesday, 15 December 2015, to Thursday, 31 December 2015, saw the first trade of the season,” BCCI said in a statement.

The first trading window for the 2016 edition of the IPL was open from December 15, 2015, to December 31, 2015, and Jadhav’s transfer was the first trade of the season.

IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla, said: “RCB, who boast of a star-studded batting line-up with the likes of Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers, have added more firepower to their batting by acquiring Kedar Jhadav. All eyes will now be on the auction, where more outstanding cricketers will be up for grabs.”

Royal Challengers Bangalore team owner Vijay Mallya was pleased with Kedar Jadhav’s inclusion in their team, he said, “RCB are very pleased to have acquired Kedar Jadhav who, we believe, has the potential to change the course of a T20 game with his finishing talent with the bat. Kedar will add tremendous value to our middle-order and will complement our existing line-up.”

Jadhav made his international debut on the tour of Zimbabwe in July this year and has played four ODIs and two T20 Internationals so far. He also had a decent Ranji season where he scored 344 runs at an average of 57.33 in the 6 matches that he played for Maharashtra in the group stages.