He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2015 IPL auction for his base price of Rs.10 lakh.
[2] Bhavane played for the Mysore Warriors in the 2014-15 Karnataka Premier League in which he scored 307 runs at an average of 76.50 and won the man of the tournament award.
[3] He was picked in the Karnataka squad for the 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy in November 2014 when he made his senior cricket debut.
In his second match of the tournament, he scored an unbeaten 81 off 76 balls to guide Karnataka's run-chase of 296 against Hyderabad.
[5] Later that month, the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore signed him up for his base price of Rs.10 lakh, making him the only Karnataka player in their squad for the 2015 season.