"Expected Starc, Ended Up With...": RCB Bowling Attack Becomes Fodder For Memes After IPL Auction

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were expected to sign top Australian stars like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction but had to settle for lesser-favoured targets. While RCB went into a bidding war for both Starc and Cummins, they eventually had to settle for Lockie Ferguson and Alzarri Joseph as other franchises outbid them for the two coveted Australian stars. RCB were even interested in uncapped Indian pacer Kartik Tyagi but could only land former Gujarat Titans pacer Yash Dayal.

RCB had released the likes of Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga and Josh Hazlewood before the auction. As fans looked to evaluate RCB's bowling attack in IPL 2024 vs their bowling attack in IPL 2023, most expectations met with disappointments in reality.

Upset with RCB's bowling unit for the new season, fans took to social media to unleash some hilarious "expectations vs reality" memes.

RCB fans waking up with

Expectations :
mitchell starc & Kartik tyagi

Reality :
Alzarri Joseph & Yash Dayalpic.twitter.com/qzWOYgZYYN

Expected players like - Starc,coetzee, madhushanka,saamer rizvi etc
Ended up with
Joseph,Yash dayal ,Tom curran

Challaga undandi ra @RCBTweets #iplauction2024 pic.twitter.com/xrnKEred1S

RCB team right now. #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/XaFVOcT5Gx

RCB team right now. #iplauction2024 pic.twitter.com/zKCedotOYE

RCB released Hazelwood at 7.5 CR just to get Alzari at 11.5 CR pic.twitter.com/rkBL4tGWU7

Just realised that RCB will play 7 games at Chinnaswamy with this bowling attack

Siraj, Topley, Joseph, Akash Deep, Dayal, Mayank Dagar, Karn, Vyshakpic.twitter.com/adX6NQpGi4

"I think, to bring forward our interest in Alzarri and to have a good go at him because he's a player that we really like