Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) retained Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and Rajat Patidar ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. This means that they have let go of their captain Faf du Plessis from IPL 2022 to 2024. It was expected that the franchise would take back the Proteas, but they did not even use the RTM card as the cricketer was bought by Delhi Capitals. Rs 2 crores.
Speculations were rife all the time that Kohli, who stepped down from the RCB captaincy in 2022, would return as the leader. Although there was no official confirmation from the franchise even after the mega auction, RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat had said that no decision has been taken on the matter. After this, head coach Andy Flower also gave the same message and said that ‘there has been no communication yet.’
“Well, you’ll have to wait for the results. This is a new era we’re going into, the beginning of a three-year cycle, and I’m sure the anticipation will be good for you. You can ask,” Flowers told Sportstak. , “You can meet with me as many times as you want, but that communication has not happened yet.”
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RCB entered the auction with a huge amount and bought 19 players. They splashed the most money on Australia fast bowler, Josh Hazlewood (INR 12 crore) and also acquired the services of big hitter, Phil Salt (INR 12 crore). To further strengthen their bowling attack, they signed the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar (INR 10.75 crore), while Australia’s aggressive batsman, Tim David (INR 3 crore) also joined the fray.
RCB IPL 2025 Team:
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar KumarSwapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathi.
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