New Delhi: Royals Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have signed New Zealander Tim Seifert for the remainder of Indian Premier League 2025 in place of Jacob Bethell. English batter Bethell will be unavailable for the IPL playoffs due to national commitments and also RCB’s lone league game remaining in the season expectedly.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Thursday that the replacement will be effective form May 24, after the Royal Challengers play their second-last league game against Sunrisers Hyderabad a day earlier on May 23. Seifert, who has scored 1540 runs in 66 T20s for the Blackcaps, has played only three games in the IPL previously and last featured in the tournament in 2022. He will join RCB for Rs 2 crore.
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BCCI issues statement
‘Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have signed Tim Seifert as Jacob Bethell is set to leave from TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 for England on May 24, 2025 – following RCB’s league-stage game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 23, 2025 – to join the England team,’ the statement added.
Bethell’s last game with RCB will be on Friday when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad. Their final league game will be against Lucknow Super Giants on May 27. Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians are the other teams to have made the play-offs, which begin from May 29 in Mullanpur. The final would be played on June 3 at Ahmedabad.
Out of the total 12 matches played so far, RCB have won 8 of them and lost just 3 games. On the second spot on the points table with 17 points in the kitty, the Royal Challengers emerge as tough competitors for the other three franchises who have made it to the playoffs.
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