No Idea! - Aakash Chopra Confused How RCB Will Shop For Pacers And Spinners In IPL 2024 Auction

Former India player Aakash Chopra feels that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has released a lot of bowlers from their squad. He also said that he has no idea how the franchise will shop for pacers and spinners during the IPL 2024 auction.

All the 10 IPL franchise announced their retention lists on Sunday, November 26. RCB has released players 11 players from their squad ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. Notably, RCB has parted ways their three of their key bowlers Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, and Wanindu Hasaranga.

They have also bid goodbye to other bowlers like David Willey, Siddharth Kaul, and Wayne Parnell. Hence, RCB has released almost the entire bowling contingent ahead of the auction. Now, they need to form their bowling strength from scratch.

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RCB Don’t Have Any Fast Bowlers And Spinners Left: Aakash Chopra

While speaking on his YouTube channel, cricket commentator Aakash Chopra said that RCB has released a lot of players from their squad. He also added that their batting order looks powerful.

“They (RCB) have released a lot of players. They made three big releases in Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood. However, they have got Cameron Green. So their batting order will look like Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik – looks alright,” he said.

However, Chopra noted that RCB has no pacers and spinners left. He also added that he has no idea how will they shop for them during the IPL 2024 auction.

“However, they don’t have any fast bowlers and spinners left. So they will have to shop for fast bowlers and spinners. How they will do that – I have got no idea”, Aakash Chopra further said.

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Meanwhile, the 11 players RCB released from their squad are Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Wayne Parnell.

RCB has made a trade deal with Mumbai Indians to induct Cameron Green into their squad at 17.5 crores. Currently, RCB has more than 23 crores in its purse. Below are the all players RCB has retained in their squad.

RCB retained players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (T), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Reece Topley, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks, Cameron Green (T)