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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have roped in New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert for the IPL 2025 playoffs as a temporary replacement for Jacob Bethell who will return to England for white-ball series against the West Indies, starting from May 29.  

Seifert, who has played 66 T20Is and has 1,540 runs to his name, will join RCB for Rs 2 crore. Bethell will leave RCB camp after the side's last league game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, scheduled for Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

"Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have signed Tim Seifert as Jacob Bethell is set to leave from Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 for England on May 24 - following RCB’s league-stage game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 23, 2025 - to join the England team. The replacement will be effective from May 24, 2025," the IPL statement read.