November 26, 2024 • 9 mins
Unprecedented scenes under the gavel at the Indian Premier League cricket auction in Saudi Arabia.
A 13-year-old has become the competition's youngest recruit, but several top Black Caps have missed out.
Left-hand bat and spinner Vaibhav Suryavanshi was picked up by Rajasthan for 223 thousand dollars - for context, he was born the same week India won the 2011 50-over World Cup at home.
Four more New Zealanders have sold, joining Trent Boult, Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway.
Glenn Phillips has gone to Gujarat, Mitchell Santner will join Mumbai and Lockie Ferguson is set to play for Punjab - each went for 406 thousand dollars.
Uncapped Auckland batter Bevon-John Jacobs has been recruited by Mumbai for 61 thousand dollars.
Previous big-earners Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell and Kyle Jamieson missed out.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Darcy Wildergrave
from news Talk Z.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be thanks for having me very much, Darcy, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
You're good? When I wake up this morning and saw
this character Bevan John Jacobs, which is you know, your
full name, I thought, how on earth is this just
signed to play cricket in the IPL? And I expect
quite a few people thought the same thing. Were you
as surprised as we were to sign up?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Definitely was? Yeah, I'm sure quite a few people were
that reaction, as did I this morning. I definitely, you know,
had about a million messages on my phone that I
woke up to, and it was it was the least
thing I was expecting to see when I woke up,
but obviously a pleasant surprise, as it.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Was ridiculously pleasant because really, in your wildest dreams when
you threw your name in your hat, you weren't thinking
you were going to pick up the contract of the
IPL or were you?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, No, not at all. I mean it was it
was a bit of a last minute decision and just
for it to turn out the way that it did,
obviously quite glad that it happened, and had some good
people around me that pushed me in that right direction.
So yeah, it was. It was pretty awesome. It's pretty
pretty surreal. It probably hasn't fully hit me just yet.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So why did you do it? What was your drive?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I just, you know, I had a lot of people
around me just you know, kind of telling me that
it said something. You know, you're not going to really
lose out on anything, and I thought, you know, it's
probably not a bad point, you know, so you put
your name in the hat and you never know what
might happen, and you don't really think it's going to
happen until it does. So yeah, it was. It was
just pretty pretty special and something I wasn't expecting. But yeah,
I'll definitely take it with both hands and see what happens.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. As they say, I don't want
to predict the future because that'd be insane, but I'll
have a crack anyway because bus broadcast as we can't
help ourselves. Is there a thought that maybe you might
end up becoming a T twenty mercenary, never getting an
international cap and just spending your cricketing career tour and
run the world playing in these leagues that thought crossed
(02:04):
your mind, Bevin.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Not exactly. I certainly hope it doesn't turn out to
be just that. I think, you know, playing for New
Zealand has been a dream of mine since I was
a kid in as early as I can remember, you know,
growing up in Auckland and playing all that cricket here
and just wanting that to be wanting that to be
the end goal, you know. So I think that's always
something that I'm going to try and aspire and work towards.
(02:29):
You know. Obviously, with this this IPL situation, it's a
it's an added bonus. But I do think that, you know,
playing for New Zealand and representing the furners is going
to be any any young lad's main goal when they're
growing up. So I think that's still going to be
the priority.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Good. I consider myself put in my corner where I'm
supposed to be.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
With that.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
We're joined by Bevan John Jacobs or Bevan Jacobs. Just
to make things simple, that's your rather role, isn't.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It, Bevan. Yeah, that's it's just to make it a
little bit short, a little bit easier.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Tell us about the way you beat. I've heard people
say that you hit a very heavy ball. The noise
of the leather off the willow is something to behold,
but you do it with ease. I suppose it's hard
to talk yourself up, but how would you describe yourself
as a bat? What do you bring to the wicket, Bevin.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I'm happy to hear that that's what's being said. I mean,
I definitely do try and hit the ball hard, and
I guess the role that I've been put in in
the T twenty format that I've been playing it lately
is just to come come in and try and create
some sort of impact. I guess that's that's kind of
the main role, just to be that impact player. Can
you can you hit from ball one? If the team
(03:39):
requires that sort of thing. So I think that's just
the type of player that you know, I can, I
can try and be, and that's what's that's what's going
to get me into the team at this stage. Obviously
as a player, I want to continue to develop and
get better, but yeah, just trying to provide as much
X factor as I can is probably the way I
describe the batting at the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
We do you like to play? Are you traditional? Do
you like to play in the v does it go
along the ground or you just jump up the wicket
and smash it wherever you possibly can? Describe your style
for us.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Bevan, Oh, well, I would. I would like to think
that I can definitely be more traditional bat if the
if the situation calls upon it, and just kind of
build from there. So yeah, I think I think it's
trying to find a good balance between both of them.
But you know, being being a top order batsman that
can hit the ball hard when the team needs it,
it's probably the long term goal and the dream one day,
(04:31):
so I'll probably just keep working towards that.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
What's your favorite shot?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh, that's a tough one. It's a loaded question on
the dot. I think when the when the when the
pull shot comes off right, that's pretty tough to beat. It.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Fantastic Bevin Jacob's joins us signed up to the IPL.
So if you had any communication with the meat, do
you know exactly what you're doing, what the process, what
the steps are from now?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Not too much directly. I think it's pretty fresh that
everything's happened at the moment. I think, you know, there's
a lot of messages on my phone that I still
left to sort through. So I'll make sure i'll get
on all of that tonight. But I'm just really excited
to just see where it leads. So I'll be waiting
eagerly on the phone and seeing what sort of information
I can get.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Now, I'm sure that people will want to talk about
money you've signed up for. I think sixty thousand bucks.
Is that there's no pro rider anymore unless you get injured.
That that's the money you're going to get, regardless of
whether you play or not, whether you're selected or not.
Is that how it works, Bevin?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
I would be lying if I was like, I've got
no one hundred percent guarantee of how all of that works,
to be honest. So all I did was really put
my name in the hat and then my name got
pulled out. So I think I'm trying to learn all
of this as quickly as everyone else's, which might be surprising,
but it's yeah, I wouldn't be able to tell you
(05:53):
with all honesty, Beven.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
We always want honesty. Thank you very much for that.
Now you're off to your Mumbai. You've got the sant Na,
Claus Mitchell, San and Lovely Trenty with you in the
side there, it's got to give you some strength. They
had a couple of Kiwi blokes in there just to
guide you through.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean, I'm just going to
be going over there and trying to pick their brains
and learn as much as I can and absorb as
much information as I can during the time that I'm
there with with all of those world class players. So
I think it's a pretty special opportunity, regardless of play time,
just to be able to try and develop as much
as I can as a cricketer.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And talking about your T twenty exploits, when you went
down to Canterbury you went down there for school, didn't
you went down there for university. You had the ground running,
didn't you. You managed to flog a couple of pretty
beginnings and in no time at all. Was that genuinely
expected from you? Did you have that style of play,
that form as you moved down to Canterbury to I
(06:51):
suppose school and generate your cricketing career.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I mean, I guess that's always where you know you
want to have that confidence and backing yourself to be
able to do it. But I guess you never really
know until it happens. So it was you know, when
I came away with a few, it was a pleasure
and surprise. You kind of get that that re experience
that I like, that's nice. I can actually like, you know,
I can perform at this level and stuff, and I
think just building it from there. And when I was
(07:14):
down there, had a really clear role and a good
team and good coaches around me to help make that
even clearer and so that allowed me to perform pretty well.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
And you played a bit of cricket with one of
the new big things in New Zealand cricket, oh Rourke.
You've got a relationship with him because he's hit the
ground running, isn't he.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
A Yeah, he's a phenomenal player. I remember him being
an absolute nightmare to face in junior cricket and in
the nets at Canterbury. So I'm really happy for everything
that's going well with him. He absolutely deserves it and
he's a heck of a block as well as a
great cricketer.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
So you moved up to Auckland. You're going to carry
on your first class career up here before you disappear
off over to India. Watson the your immediate cross. He
is what have you got coming up?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Well, we've got a plunket sheel game against Canterbury on Thursday,
so I think that's that's the main focus for me
and obviously the entire squad. So obviously this IPR news
is something awesome and it's pretty special, but I just
want to keep the you know, keep your head down
and keep working on what's what's directly ahead of you.
So I think trying to put my best foot forward
for Auckland is still going to be the main focus.
(08:20):
Still got a lot of the season left, so yeah,
I think the ipl is pretty special, but got some
other things to focus on.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
First, twenty two years old, nine t twenties in the
super Smash one hundred and thirty four runs at thirty
three and a half of the strike rate of one
hundred and eighty eight. I'd pick your two mate. And
one last thing, Now that you're actually in the spotlight,
how do you deal with that? Because I'm sure that
you've been as you see the phone's being going, that's
(08:47):
the media would have been harassing you. Is that a
space you're looking forward to sitting in?
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well, I guess it's it's it's a different sort of challenge, isn't.
It's something I haven't quite dealt with yet. But I mean,
I've got I've got a good support group around me,
and I've got you know, a lot a lot of
good mates in the team and good coaches and just
pick good people around me. So I think that sort
of thing, if you know, it can be it can
be a confronting matter. But I think I've got a
lot of people around me that I can talk to
(09:13):
and go to. So I think just trying to follow
my same processes and go about each day as normal
is going to be the best way for me to
try and battle anything that any sort of issue that arises,
and that.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Bevin Jacob's congratulations. Thanks very much for joining us. And
if OS you are going to work out how they're
going to pay you, because if they get any wind
of that, mate, you might not get anything. Hey, thanks
for your time.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
You go well, mate, Thanks very much, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Darcy Wildergrave
from news Talk Z.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be thanks for having me very much, Darcy, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
You're good? When I wake up this morning and saw
this character Bevan John Jacobs, which is you know, your
full name, I thought, how on earth is this just
signed to play cricket in the IPL? And I expect
quite a few people thought the same thing. Were you
as surprised as we were to sign up?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Definitely was? Yeah, I'm sure quite a few people were
that reaction, as did I this morning. I definitely, you know,
had about a million messages on my phone that I
woke up to, and it was it was the least
thing I was expecting to see when I woke up,
but obviously a pleasant surprise, as it.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Was ridiculously pleasant because really, in your wildest dreams when
you threw your name in your hat, you weren't thinking
you were going to pick up the contract of the
IPL or were you?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, No, not at all. I mean it was it
was a bit of a last minute decision and just
for it to turn out the way that it did,
obviously quite glad that it happened, and had some good
people around me that pushed me in that right direction.
So yeah, it was. It was pretty awesome. It's pretty
pretty surreal. It probably hasn't fully hit me just yet.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So why did you do it? What was your drive?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I just, you know, I had a lot of people
around me just you know, kind of telling me that
it said something. You know, you're not going to really
lose out on anything, and I thought, you know, it's
probably not a bad point, you know, so you put
your name in the hat and you never know what
might happen, and you don't really think it's going to
happen until it does. So yeah, it was. It was
just pretty pretty special and something I wasn't expecting. But yeah,
I'll definitely take it with both hands and see what happens.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. As they say, I don't want
to predict the future because that'd be insane, but I'll
have a crack anyway because bus broadcast as we can't
help ourselves. Is there a thought that maybe you might
end up becoming a T twenty mercenary, never getting an
international cap and just spending your cricketing career tour and
run the world playing in these leagues that thought crossed
(02:04):
your mind, Bevin.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Not exactly. I certainly hope it doesn't turn out to
be just that. I think, you know, playing for New
Zealand has been a dream of mine since I was
a kid in as early as I can remember, you know,
growing up in Auckland and playing all that cricket here
and just wanting that to be wanting that to be
the end goal, you know. So I think that's always
something that I'm going to try and aspire and work towards.
(02:29):
You know. Obviously, with this this IPL situation, it's a
it's an added bonus. But I do think that, you know,
playing for New Zealand and representing the furners is going
to be any any young lad's main goal when they're
growing up. So I think that's still going to be
the priority.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Good. I consider myself put in my corner where I'm
supposed to be.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
With that.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
We're joined by Bevan John Jacobs or Bevan Jacobs. Just
to make things simple, that's your rather role, isn't.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It, Bevan. Yeah, that's it's just to make it a
little bit short, a little bit easier.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Tell us about the way you beat. I've heard people
say that you hit a very heavy ball. The noise
of the leather off the willow is something to behold,
but you do it with ease. I suppose it's hard
to talk yourself up, but how would you describe yourself
as a bat? What do you bring to the wicket, Bevin.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I'm happy to hear that that's what's being said. I mean,
I definitely do try and hit the ball hard, and
I guess the role that I've been put in in
the T twenty format that I've been playing it lately
is just to come come in and try and create
some sort of impact. I guess that's that's kind of
the main role, just to be that impact player. Can
you can you hit from ball one? If the team
(03:39):
requires that sort of thing. So I think that's just
the type of player that you know, I can, I
can try and be, and that's what's that's what's going
to get me into the team at this stage. Obviously
as a player, I want to continue to develop and
get better, but yeah, just trying to provide as much
X factor as I can is probably the way I
describe the batting at the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
We do you like to play? Are you traditional? Do
you like to play in the v does it go
along the ground or you just jump up the wicket
and smash it wherever you possibly can? Describe your style
for us.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Bevan, Oh, well, I would. I would like to think
that I can definitely be more traditional bat if the
if the situation calls upon it, and just kind of
build from there. So yeah, I think I think it's
trying to find a good balance between both of them.
But you know, being being a top order batsman that
can hit the ball hard when the team needs it,
it's probably the long term goal and the dream one day,
(04:31):
so I'll probably just keep working towards that.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
What's your favorite shot?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh, that's a tough one. It's a loaded question on
the dot. I think when the when the when the
pull shot comes off right, that's pretty tough to beat. It.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Fantastic Bevin Jacob's joins us signed up to the IPL.
So if you had any communication with the meat, do
you know exactly what you're doing, what the process, what
the steps are from now?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Not too much directly. I think it's pretty fresh that
everything's happened at the moment. I think, you know, there's
a lot of messages on my phone that I still
left to sort through. So I'll make sure i'll get
on all of that tonight. But I'm just really excited
to just see where it leads. So I'll be waiting
eagerly on the phone and seeing what sort of information
I can get.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Now, I'm sure that people will want to talk about
money you've signed up for. I think sixty thousand bucks.
Is that there's no pro rider anymore unless you get injured.
That that's the money you're going to get, regardless of
whether you play or not, whether you're selected or not.
Is that how it works, Bevin?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
I would be lying if I was like, I've got
no one hundred percent guarantee of how all of that works,
to be honest. So all I did was really put
my name in the hat and then my name got
pulled out. So I think I'm trying to learn all
of this as quickly as everyone else's, which might be surprising,
but it's yeah, I wouldn't be able to tell you
(05:53):
with all honesty, Beven.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
We always want honesty. Thank you very much for that.
Now you're off to your Mumbai. You've got the sant Na,
Claus Mitchell, San and Lovely Trenty with you in the
side there, it's got to give you some strength. They
had a couple of Kiwi blokes in there just to
guide you through.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean, I'm just going to
be going over there and trying to pick their brains
and learn as much as I can and absorb as
much information as I can during the time that I'm
there with with all of those world class players. So
I think it's a pretty special opportunity, regardless of play time,
just to be able to try and develop as much
as I can as a cricketer.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And talking about your T twenty exploits, when you went
down to Canterbury you went down there for school, didn't
you went down there for university. You had the ground running,
didn't you. You managed to flog a couple of pretty
beginnings and in no time at all. Was that genuinely
expected from you? Did you have that style of play,
that form as you moved down to Canterbury to I
(06:51):
suppose school and generate your cricketing career.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I mean, I guess that's always where you know you
want to have that confidence and backing yourself to be
able to do it. But I guess you never really
know until it happens. So it was you know, when
I came away with a few, it was a pleasure
and surprise. You kind of get that that re experience
that I like, that's nice. I can actually like, you know,
I can perform at this level and stuff, and I
think just building it from there. And when I was
(07:14):
down there, had a really clear role and a good
team and good coaches around me to help make that
even clearer and so that allowed me to perform pretty well.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
And you played a bit of cricket with one of
the new big things in New Zealand cricket, oh Rourke.
You've got a relationship with him because he's hit the
ground running, isn't he.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
A Yeah, he's a phenomenal player. I remember him being
an absolute nightmare to face in junior cricket and in
the nets at Canterbury. So I'm really happy for everything
that's going well with him. He absolutely deserves it and
he's a heck of a block as well as a
great cricketer.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
So you moved up to Auckland. You're going to carry
on your first class career up here before you disappear
off over to India. Watson the your immediate cross. He
is what have you got coming up?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Well, we've got a plunket sheel game against Canterbury on Thursday,
so I think that's that's the main focus for me
and obviously the entire squad. So obviously this IPR news
is something awesome and it's pretty special, but I just
want to keep the you know, keep your head down
and keep working on what's what's directly ahead of you.
So I think trying to put my best foot forward
for Auckland is still going to be the main focus.
(08:20):
Still got a lot of the season left, so yeah,
I think the ipl is pretty special, but got some
other things to focus on.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
First, twenty two years old, nine t twenties in the
super Smash one hundred and thirty four runs at thirty
three and a half of the strike rate of one
hundred and eighty eight. I'd pick your two mate. And
one last thing, Now that you're actually in the spotlight,
how do you deal with that? Because I'm sure that
you've been as you see the phone's being going, that's
(08:47):
the media would have been harassing you. Is that a
space you're looking forward to sitting in?
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well, I guess it's it's it's a different sort of challenge, isn't.
It's something I haven't quite dealt with yet. But I mean,
I've got I've got a good support group around me,
and I've got you know, a lot a lot of
good mates in the team and good coaches and just
pick good people around me. So I think that sort
of thing, if you know, it can be it can
be a confronting matter. But I think I've got a
lot of people around me that I can talk to
(09:13):
and go to. So I think just trying to follow
my same processes and go about each day as normal
is going to be the best way for me to
try and battle anything that any sort of issue that arises,
and that.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Bevin Jacob's congratulations. Thanks very much for joining us. And
if OS you are going to work out how they're
going to pay you, because if they get any wind
of that, mate, you might not get anything. Hey, thanks
for your time.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
You go well, mate, Thanks very much, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
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