Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has confirmed its retained players for IPL Auction 2025. BCCI has set a deadline of October 31 for all teams to set their retainers list ahead of IPL Auction 2025.
According to the new rules set by BCCI for IPL Auction 2025, every team will be allowed to have a total of six players in their squad. Each side can have up to 5 capped members and up to 2 capped members.
Additionally, franchisees can spend up to Rs. It holds $7.5 billion of the $12 billion. Of these, the price of unlimited membership is fixed at Rs. 400 million. Teams can also retain any player ahead of the auction, either through direct retention during the auction or through Right To Match (RTM).
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for the playoffs last season.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) put up an incredible show last season. After losing the first seven of eight games, they fought back in the second half to advance to the playoffs. They defeated Chennai Super Kings in a must-win match in their last encounter of the league stage to qualify for the playoffs in style.
Faf du Plessis & Co. advanced to the playoffs in 4th place in the league with 7 wins and 14 losses. However, RCB failed to advance to the final again. They lost to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator Game and finished as the fourth best team in the tournament.
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Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal have been at their best for RCB with the bat and ball.
Virat Kohli was the best performer for the team, scoring 741 runs in 15 matches and also earned the purple cap. He hit one century and five half-centuries at an average of 61+ and a strike rate of 154+.
Faf du Plessis also served him well, scoring 438 runs in 15 games with a 161+ strikeout rate. In the bowling department, Yash Dayal and Mohammed Siraj were the leading wicket-takers for the team with 15 scalps. The rest of the bowlers failed to get past a total of 10 wickets.
So, much of RCB’s success last season was due to Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis in the batting section and Siraj and Dayal in the bowling section. So, they may make a lot of changes to their team during IPL Auction 2025. A completely new contingent could play under the leadership of Faf du Plessis in IPL 2025.
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IPL Auction 2025: Below is the Royal Challengers Bangaluru (RCB) retention list and retained players list.
According to Sports Tak, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are set to retain the following players in IPL retainers 2025.
1. Virat Kohli
2. Rajat Patidar
3. Yash Dayal (Unlimited)
