Chennai, Oct. 15 -- Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin expressed that West Indies skipper Shai Hope, who is in red-hot form, could be a good option for the two-time defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and that he should "definitely" be picked during the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction this year.

Hope continues to make his mark in India, slamming his fourth century of the white-ball tour to the country during the fourth T20I at Hyderabad, slamming a 50-ball 102*, with four boundaries and nine sixes. With two centuries each in the ODI and T20I leg and five fifty-plus scores across seven matches, the West Indies skipper has shown the world perhaps his most refined and in-prime version of himself as WI strive t...