IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Players Which Can Be Retained By Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

The deadline to give the final list of players by franchises for the IPL 2023 auction has been slated for November 15 by the BCCI. This will also be the first time that a regular auction will take place after the addition of 2 new teams.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) played good cricket and they qualified for the playoffs last season. A few players from RCB have made a valuable contribution, and a few of them, although they have not performed as per the expectations, still is an integral part of the team. Let us look at three players RCB can retain in IPL 2023 auction.

IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Players Which Can Be Retained By Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik will surely be among the top three players who have performed exceptionally well in the IPL 2022 season. Karthik, a veteran cricketer, has hit 287 runs in just nine innings. His strike rate of 192 is among the best this season. The ultimate lower-middle order batsman appears to have been re-discovered by Royal Challengers Bangalore and will most probably be one of the first players retained before the IPL 2023 auction.

Wanindu Hasaranga

Wanindu Hasaranga, the Sri-Lankan player, was brought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 10.75 crores in IPL 2022 mega auction. The star cricketer from the Island nation has grabbed the opportunity with both hands. In 14 matches, he has scalped 24 wickets and is the current purple cap holder in IPL 2022. He is one of the highlights of this season, and RCB will love to keep a good association with him in the next season and retain him before the IPL 2023 auction.

Faf Du Plessis

Faf Du Plessis is one of the most gifted batsmen in the history of the IPL. During the IPL 2022 season, Du Plessis fell short of expectations. In 14 games, RCB captain Du Plessis scored only 443 runs. Despite the fact that the statistics cast doubt on Du Plessis’s value to RCB, his spot remains open.

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