England's batting was a complete flop in the first match of the 5-match T20 series against Team India. In this match, except England captain Jos Buttler, no batsman could stay on the crease. More than half the team could not even touch double figures. This performance of England has increased the tension of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore. Actually, there were three batsmen present in England's playing 11, on whom RCB has spent crores of rupees for the next season. But all three batting were complete flops.

RCB got a 'blow' of Rs 23 crore

In the mega auction of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore spent heavily on some England batsmen, which include the names of Phil Salt, Liam Livingston and Jacob Bethel. RCB has made Phil Salt a part of its team for Rs 11.50 crore. At the same time, Rs 8.75 crore has been spent on Liam Livingston and Rs 2.60 crore has been spent on Jacob Bethel. That means RCB spent Rs 22.85 crore to buy these three players. But all these three players failed miserably.

Phil Salt had explosive batting in the last IPL season. He scored a lot of runs as an opener. But in this match he could face only 3 balls and was out without opening the account. After this, Liam Livingston had an even worse defeat than him. He could play only 2 balls and returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Jacob Bethel was seen struggling to score runs. He faced 14 balls in his innings, but could score only 7 runs at a strike rate of 50, which is a very shameful performance according to the T20 format. In such a situation, the performance of these three players has increased the tension of the RCB team.