Royal Challengers Bengaluru full list of players bought and purse remaining; IPL 2025 Auction: Here is the list of players who were bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, full squad after Day 1 of Indian Premier League mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction of 577 players went under the hammer on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru is one of the franchises which has spent a whopping money on Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood and England opener Phil Salt.
The franchise still had Rs. 30.65 crore available in its purse after the first day.
This is how Royal Challengers Bengaluru is going with the IPL 2025 auction:
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone (Rs. 8.75 crore), Phil Salt (Rs. 11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs. 11 crore), Josh Hazlewood (Rs. 12.50 crore), Rasikh Dar (Rs. 6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs. 2.60 crore), Krunal Pandya (Rs. 5.75 crore)
RCB IPL 2025 Team Squad
RCB Remaining Purse Amount: Rs. 24.9 crores
RTM Cards Left: 3
Remaining Player Slots for RCB: 15
Remaining Overseas Player Slots for RCB: 5
List of retained players by RCB:
Virat Kohli (Rs. 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs. 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs. 5 crore).
RCB complete list of players for IPL 2025 : Royal Challengers Bengaluru final squad on Day 2 of Indian Premier League auction.
RCB spent ₹53.35 crore on the purchase of nine players on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 Auction.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru made a big play on Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood as he rejoined the side for ₹12.5 crores. In addition to that, RCB also bought England’s Phil Salt and Liam LIvingstone for ₹11.5 and ₹8.75 crores respectively. RCB also got wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma for ₹11 crore
Meanwhile, RCB has ensured haul in Rasikh Dar and Suyash Sharma for ₹6 crores and ₹2.6 crores respectively. On Day 2, RCB shelled out ₹5.75 crores for all-rounder Krunal Pandya. Here’s how people like Robin Uthappa and Eoin Morgan attacked RCB for its approach on auction day. Speaking on JioCinema, Uthappa said, “I am a local boy, I am confused. You have not made more than one pick in the first two marquee sets. When you are trying to rebuild a side, when you are trying to figure out in which direction you’re going to go, you have the fans backing you year in, year out. They put their emotions, their hearts on the line. They turn up then and to support the side. And then I am sure when we go through the tweets that are coming through and you see that they feel so let down. And I as a fan of RCB and as a former player of RCB, I feel like they have missed the trick here.”
“And you just wonder, where are they heading? And because they haven’t gone after Mitchell Starc, which they should have, because you want a solid bowler there. They haven’t gone after KL Rahul. And they haven’t gone after either Rishabh Pant or Shreyas Iyer. And okay, Shreyas Iyer you do want. You want to go for Rishabh Pant who’s a two-skilled player. You back them to the hill. You’ve got that purse. You can go to 23 crores for one of those players. They didn’t even go that far. I’m just feeling bad for the fans because they’ve just backed this side so much. And I feel let down for them. The fans are actually saying that, Robbie, if you take a look at it,” he added.
Jitesh Sharma (11 Cr)
Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 Cr)
Josh Hazlewood (₹8.75 Cr)
Rasikh Dar (6 Cr)
Suyash Sharma (2.6 Cr)
Krunal Pandya (5.75 Cr)
RCB’s retentions-
Virat Kohli (21 Cr), Rajat Patidar (11 Cr), Yash Dayal (5 Cr)
