Royal Challengers Bangalore is all set to participate in the IPL 2024 auction, which will take place on Tuesday, December 19. For the first time, the IPL 2024 auction will be held outside India. Royal challengers from Bangalore have a decent amount to bid during the auction.
The three-time runners-up have Rs. More than 23 crores available in their salary cap for IPL 2024 auction. They can get 6 more players during the auction. RCB retained 17 players in their squad ahead of the auction. They picked up two players in trades. RCB picked Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Cameron Green from Mumbai Indians.
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained some key players in their team like Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj and Reece Topley. The 2016 runners-up also released 11 players from his squad. RCB parted ways with big names like Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga and David Willey.
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Notably, RCB has dropped many players from their team. Therefore, they are likely to target the bowlers during the IPL 2024 Auction. Faf du Plessis became the captain of the team in the 2022 season. He led the team last season and will also don the captain’s hat next season.
Faf du Plessis & Boys missed the playoffs last season by a small margin, but had a wonderful performance. During the last few editions, RCB has reached the playoffs on several occasions. However, they have not reached the final after the 2016 season, when they finished runners-up for the third time in the Indian Premier League.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Retained Players
Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Jacks.
Players released from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wayne Parnell.
Players exchanged from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
RCB made some deals ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. They picked Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange for Shahbaz Ahmed. RCB also chose Cameron Green from Mumbai Indians for a cash deal.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) full squad ahead of IPL 2024 auction
Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Dinesh Karthik, Reece Topley, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks and Cameron Green.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain and vice-captain for IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli is the vice-captain of the team.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) salary cap available for IPL 2024 auction
RCB has 19 players in their squad ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 auction. They have spent Rs. 76.75 crore on these players. Therefore, they are left with Rs. 23.25 crore for the auction. RCB can add 6 more players to their team. They already have 3 foreign players and can only get 3 more foreign players in the auction.