Former New Zealand batter Ross Tayor, who recently released his autobiography entitled ‘Ross Taylor: Black & White’, revealed some unknown facts about his cricket journey. Taylor started his career in the Indian Premier League with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2008 and revealed that he would have played the tournament for a longer duration had the franchise bought him in the 2011 edition. After not being picked by RCB, the batter was picked by Rajasthan Royals, where he played with the late Australian spin maestro Shane Warne.
“While it was great going for a million dollars, in the long run I would have been better off if RCB got me for $950,000. If they had, it would have been my fourth year with them. IPL is quite unsentimental, there is loyalty to long-serving players and I probably would have had a longer IPL career as a franchise player On the other hand if I had stayed with RCB I wouldn’t be with greats have played such as Virender Sehwag, Shane Warne, Mahela Jayawardene and Yuvraj Singh,” Taylor wrote in his autobiography, as reported by stuff.co.nz.
“When you raise that kind of money, you really want to prove that you’re worth it. And those who pay you that kind of money have high expectations – that’s professional sport and human nature. I had paid my dues at RCB: if i would have had a lean trot the management would have trusted me because of what i had done in the past when you go to a new team you don’t get that support you never feel comfortable because you know that if you are two or playing three games without a score, you are being monitored with cold eyes,” he continued.
Earlier, Taylor had revealed that he had been beaten by one of the owners of Rajasthan Royals after targeting a duck during a steep chase against Punjab Kings, then known as Kings XI Punjab. He did write that the blows weren’t hard, but said he wasn’t sure “it was pure acting”.
“Rajasthan played Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The chase was 195, I was lbw for a duck and we didn’t get close. Then the team, support staff and management sat in the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Warnie,” Taylor wrote.
“One of the owners of the Royals said to me, ‘Ross, we didn’t pay you a million dollars to get a duck,’ and punched me in the face three or four times,” Taylor revealed.
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“He laughed and they weren’t hard blows, but I’m not sure if they were just plays. Under the circumstances I wouldn’t make an issue of it, but I couldn’t imagine it happening in many cases.” professional sports environments,” wrote the iconic Kiwi batter.
Taylor played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2008 to 2010 and then was with RR in 2011. He went on to represent Delhi Capitals, then known as the Delhi Daredevils, as well as the now defunct Pune Warriors India.
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