RCB sign George Garton: Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore are going through a major roster reshuffle ahead of the commencement of the second phase of IPL 2021. Quite a big number of players from their squad have pulled out of the second leg of the tournament due to personal reasons, or due to injuries. The ongoing reshuffle is taking place as the RCB management is signing replacements for the players who have pulled out.
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The latest signing of Royal Challengers Bangalore is English left-arm pacer George Garton. The English pacer has been quite impressive in England’s innovative new 100 balls competition called ‘The Hundred’. The 23-year old was also pretty successful in the T20 Blast wherein he picked up 9 wickets in just 6 games.
George Carton’s signing completes the 8-foreign players quota of Royal Challengers Bangalore and they can now focus on training and strengthening the squad before the IPL restarts on 19th September.
RCB have also signed the likes of Sri Lankan duo Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga which makes it clear that Virat’s team is looking to build a strong pace-centric bowling attack.
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George Carton Stats
Bowling
| FORMAT | MAT | INNS | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBI | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W | 10W |
| FC | 23 | 37 | 2804 | 1890 | 53 | 5/26 | 9/76 | 35.66 | 4.04 | 52.90 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 24 | 23 | 942 | 993 | 29 | 4/43 | 4/43 | 34.24 | 6.32 | 32.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 38 | 35 | 641 | 883 | 44 | 4/16 | 4/16 | 20.06 | 8.26 | 14.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | MAT | INNS | NO | RUNS | HS | AVE | BF | SR | 100S | 50S | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
| FC | 23 | 32 | 6 | 542 | 97 | 20.84 | 973 | 55.70 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| List A | 24 | 11 | 2 | 103 | 38 | 11.44 | 119 | 86.55 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| T20 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 187 | 46 | 20.77 | 150 | 124.66 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
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