Ross Taylor says he would have had longer IPL career if he stayed at RCB – Firstcricket News, Firstpost

Former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor feels that he could have had a longer Indian Premier League (IPL) career had he continued playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) with whom he spent his first three seasons in the tournament.

In his seven-year-long IPL career, Taylor played for RCB, Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (then Daredevils) and the now defunct Pune Warriors India.

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Taylor played for RCB between 2008 and 2010, and had hoped to stay at the Bangalore franchise for a fourth consecutive season. However, he was bought by RR in 2011.

“While it was amazing to go for a million dollars, in the long run I would’ve been better off if RCB had got me for US$950,000. If they had, it would have been my fourth year with them. While the IPL is pretty unsentimental, there is loyalty towards long-serving players and I probably would have had a longer IPL career as a one-franchise player,” Taylor wrote his new autobiography titled Black & White, an excerpt of which was published on the Stuff.co.nz website.

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“On the other hand, if I’d stayed at RCB, I wouldn’t have played with greats such as Virender Sehwag, Shane Warne, Mahela Jayawardene and Yuvraj Singh,” the Wellington-born cricketer further stated.

In 2012, Taylor played for DD before he was traded to PWI, but made a comeback to the Delhi franchise in 2014. That was, in fact, Taylor’s last IPL season. Taylor scored 1017 runs from 55 matches during his IPL career.

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