RCB director P A Murali on Monday said the strategy behind releasing Yuvraj Singh was to ensure that the purse of other teams are exhausted which would help them get better cricketers for IPl 8. “The basic strategy to leave Yuvraj was to ensure that the purse of other teams is also defeated so that you are able to get better players while going forward,” he said at the auction.
Murali said the team would have liked to have Yuvraj back in the squad but unfortunately it did not materialise. “We would have liked to have him back in the team, but unfortunately it was not to be,” he added.
Murali said since the captain and the coach were not around, they had to call Virat Kohli and Ray Jennings to keep them informed on the progress. “We did not have the coach and the captain with us, so it is important both the captain and the coach should be aligned with what we do,” he added.