The IPL 2024 auction was held on December 19 – here is how the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) shape up after the auction, including the full updated team list.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore head into the auction with six slots available having retained 19 of their players from the last season. Three of those slots can be used for overseas players. Their starting budget before the auction was INR 23.25 crore.
RCB squad: Full list of released players before auction
Indian: Harshal Patel, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Overseas: Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Wanindu Hasaranga
RCB squad: Full team list for Royal Challengers Bangalore after IPL 2024 auction
Note – Players bought in the auction have a ‘*’ next to their name
Batters
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan* (INR 20 lakh)
Wicketkeepers
Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat
All-rounders
Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Suyash Prabudessai, Mayank Dagar (traded in), Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Tom Curran* (INR 1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh* (INR 20 lakh)
Bowlers
Mohammed Siraj, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph* (INR 11.50 crore), Yash Dayal* (INR 5 crore), Lockie Ferguson* (INR 2 crore)