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IPL Mega Auction 2025: Here’s a complete list of RCB retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega auction.
The fan-favorite IPL franchise RCB went through some ups and downs in the IPL 2024. They had a rough start in the season’s beginning but made a superb comeback with 6 winning streaks. However, the dream of lifting the IPL Trophy hasn’t come alive.
With the upcoming IPL 2025 Mega Auction RCB has already started the preparation for building another strongest squad for the next IPL 2025 season. With the return of the IPL Mega Auction 2025, the teams will only be allowed to retain the 4 players, which means the rest of the players have to go under the hammer.
This might change the look of the IPL teams and the faces in the 18th edition of the tournament. However, some of the IPL franchises are in favor of increasing the retained players upto 8 which BCCI still has to be confirmed.
So far BCCI has announced the 3+1 retention structure for all ten IPL teams. Depending on which, this blog will break the RCB IPL 2025 player list before the Mega auction including which players were retained by the RCB and released ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
The expected list of RCB retained players ahead of IPL 2025-
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2025 Retained Players
Virat Kohli and RCB have had an unbreakable bond since the inception of IPL. King Kohli has registered the highest run-scorer for the franchise and also became the first player who played 250 games for a single team in tournament history.
Undoubtedly, Virat Kohli will be the first player retained by the Bengaluru franchise. Other than Kohli, Mohammed Siraj has also been an integral part of the squad for the past few seasons and has become the most wicket-taker for RCB.
Middle-batter Rajat Patidar will be another name the franchise would like to keep under their wing. Rajat Patidar played a crucial role in the RCB batting line-up.
The table shows the overall details of the expected IPL 2025 RCB retained players list-
| No. | Player Name | Role | IPL Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli | Batsman | ₹21 crore |
| 2 | Rajat Patidar | Batsman | ₹11 crore |
| 3 | Yash Dayal | Bowler | ₹5 Crore |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2025 Released Players
The IPL 2025 Mega Auction will be brutal for the RCB as the franchise has to go through a major cutout in the upcoming season. Last season was a roller coaster ride for some of the Royal Challengers in Bengaluru. Dinesh Karthik announced his goodbye to the IPL to commence a new career in the sports commentary industry. In last season’s intense bidding war, acquiring Yash Dayal was one of the best decisions. The southpaw pacer came out as the highest wicket-taker for RCB. Cameron Green was traded from the MI and Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad to RCB. The upcoming IPL Mega Auction might change the dynamics of the RCB squad as a franchise will once again fight for its strongest suit.
Here is the list of all the released players of RCB ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction-
RCB 2025 Released players list: Faf du Plessis Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Players, RCB Target in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Even though the limited retained players list, RCB would like to get back some of the players using RTM (Right-To-Match) cards or in the Mega auction. The current captains Faf-Plessis, Yash Dayal, Will Jacks, Swapnil Singh, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant are a few players for which the Bengaluru franchise will go under the bidding war.
