RCB Squad, Team List, Players List After IPL Auction 2025
Published - 25 Nov 2024, 10:49 PM | Updated - 25 Nov 2024, 10:52 PM
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will enter the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah with their second-largest purse of Rs 83 crore and aim to end their 17-year trophy drought.
The franchise has retained only three players: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), and Yash Dayal (Rs 4 crore).
Bangalore was searching for a captain after the release of former skipper Faf du Plessis.
The franchise might target Karnataka-native KL Rahul who represents both leadership experience and wicketkeeping skills. It may be valuable as he is locally accustomed to M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Rishabh Pant, who has been released from Delhi Capitals, and Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to victory last season, are other possible candidates.
Beyond leadership, Bangalore needs to strengthen its spin department. Former spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar are available in the auction pool, making them likely targets.
The strategy of the team will be tested on November 24-25, when the team will conduct a two-day auction, putting up 574 players for sale.
With the highest purse after Punjab Kings, Bangalore has sufficient financial flexibility to form a competitive squad.
The management will need to stretch every nerve to build a balanced team that ensures success in their quest for the much-needed first IPL trophy since the inception of the tournament in 2008. Bengaluru last made it to the final in 2016, finishing second.
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RCB Squad, Team List, Players List After IPL Auction 2025
RCB Retained Players:
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
RCB Released Players:
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru before the auction: Rs 83 Crore
Players Bought By RCB:
| 1 | Josh Hazlewood | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹12,50,00,000 | Capped | |
| 2 | Phil Salt | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹11,50,00,000 | Capped | |
| 3 | Jitesh Sharma | ₹1,00,00,000 | ₹11,00,00,000 | Capped | |
| 4 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹10,75,00,000 | Capped | |
| 5 | Liam Livingstone | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹8,75,00,000 | Capped | |
| 6 | Rasikh Dar | ₹30,00,000 | ₹6,00,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 7 | Krunal Pandya | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹5,75,00,000 | Capped | |
| 8 | Tim David | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹3,00,00,000 | Capped | |
| 9 | Jacob Bethell | ₹1,25,00,000 | ₹2,60,00,000 | Capped | |
| 10 | Suyash Sharma | ₹30,00,000 | ₹2,60,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 11 | Devdutt Padikkal | ₹2,00,00,000 | ₹2,00,00,000 | Capped | |
| 12 | Nuwan Thushara | ₹75,00,000 | ₹1,60,00,000 | Capped | |
| 13 | Romario Shepherd | ₹1,50,00,000 | ₹1,50,00,000 | Capped | |
| 14 | Lungisani Ngidi | ₹1,00,00,000 | ₹1,00,00,000 | Capped | |
| 15 | Swapnil Singh | ₹30,00,000 | ₹50,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 16 | Mohit Rathee | ₹30,00,000 | ₹30,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 17 | Abhinandan Singh | ₹30,00,000 | ₹30,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 18 | Swastik Chhikara | ₹30,00,000 | ₹30,00,000 | Uncapped | |
| 19 | Manoj Bhandage | ₹30,00,000 | ₹30,00,000 | Uncapped |
RCB Full Squad After IPL 2025 Mega Auction:
| Virat Kohli |
| Rajat Patidar |
| Yash Dayal |
| Josh Hazlewood |
| Phil Salt |
| Jitesh Sharma |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Liam Livingstone |
| Rasikh Dar |
| Krunal Pandya |
| Tim David |
| Jacob Bethell |
| Suyash Sharma |
| Devdutt Padikkal |
| Nuwan Thushara |
| Romario Shepherd |
| Lungisani Ngidi |
| Swapnil Singh |
| Mohit Rathee |
| Abhinandan Singh |
| Swastik Chhikara |
| Manoj Bhandage |
