Won the title of IPL 2025.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. Last season's winner Royal Challengers Bangalore made a smart purchase in the mini auction held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday before IPL 2026. Royal Challengers Bangalore had entered the auction with Rs 16.40 crore. The team captained by Rajat Patidar spent Rs 16 crore 15 lakh and added 8 players. These also include 2 foreigners.
Iyer bought for 7 crores
RCB spent the maximum of Rs 7 crore on Indian all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer. Even after this, Iyer has suffered a loss of Rs 16 crore 75 lakh. Last season, Kolkata Knight Riders had made a bid of Rs 23.75 crore for him. Apart from them, RCB spent Rs 5.2 crore on Mangesh Yadav and Rs 2 crore on Jacob Duffy.
Playing 11 could be like this
RCB's probable playing 11
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood.
RCB's full squad for IPL 2026
Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 7 crore), Jacob Duffy (Rs 2 crore), Satwik Deswal. (Rs 30 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (Rs 5.2 crore), Jordan Cox (Rs 75 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (Rs 30 lakh), Vihaan Malhotra (Rs 30 lakh) and Kanishk Chauhan (Rs 30 lakh).
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