When former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor released his autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black and White, written with Paul Thomas, a lot of stories emerged. Adding another story worth knowing from Ross’s book is his Indian Premier League (IPL) journey. Taylor was part of the cash-rich league for seven years and scored over 1000 runs in four different franchises in the competition. (Asia Cup 2022: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh team with fixtures schedule, livestream details here)
Ross Taylor started his IPL stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2008 and played for the same franchise till 2011. Later, he moved to the inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals but revealed that he wanted to stay at RCB for the fourth time in a row. weather. The quote suggests that Taylor believes he would have had a longer career in the IPL if he had stayed at RCB. Notably, the right-handed batsman scored 517 runs in 22 innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“While going for a million dollars was amazing, in the long run I would have been better off if RCB had given me USD 950,000. If they had, this would have been my fourth year with them. While the IPL is quite unsatisfactory, in the long run I have loyalty to the players who have served till date and as a franchise player I probably would have had a longer IPL career.
“On the other hand, if I had stayed at RCB, I would not have played with greats like Virender Sehwag, Shane Warne, Mahela Jayawardene and Yuvraj Singh,” Taylor wrote in his book, an excerpt from which was published. Stuff.co.nz.
The Kiwi batsman later joined Delhi Daredevils in 2012 and then joined Pune Warriors India. Finally, he made a comeback with DD in 2014 and ended his IPL career in the same year. Notably, Ross Taylor revealed a shocking story during his time with Rajasthan Royals in 2011. He said that the owner of the RR team slapped him three or four times for getting out for a duck. (Read the whole story here)