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New Zealand giant Kyle Jamieson opens up on his struggle to live up to expectations... with seamer admitting he 'wasn't handling things as well as I could have' after £1.5m IPL deal with Royal Challengers Bangalore

Kyle Jamieson has taken most things in his monstrous stride since announcing himself on the global stage so spectacularly last year - although that cannot be said of an Indian Premier League contract commensurate with his physical stature.

Reflecting in his Southampton hotel room on a £1.5million deal with Royal Challengers Bangalore for the Covid-curtailed 2021 IPL season, the giant New Zealand seamer admits the overnight switch from wannabe to got-the-lot proved challenging.

Jamieson said: 'That price tag brings with it expectations. At first, I didn't think much of it but as people will have seen in the Australia series immediately after the auction, things didn't unfold (as I would have wanted) and that was down to the magnitude of the situation.