Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of the biggest teams in the IPL, is still in search of its first title. He performed well in IPL 2024 and secured his place in the playoffs. Meanwhile, RCB team has announced the names of its retained players for IPL 2025. He has taken many big decisions and has also excluded some big players. However, RCB can do RTM for its big players. Before the mega auction for IPL 2025, they have retained Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and Rajat Patidar.
Virat Kohli got crores of rupees
Royal Challengers Bangalore team has retained Virat Kohli by paying the highest amount for IPL 2025. He has given Rs 21 crore to retain Virat Kohli. Apart from Virat Kohli, they have retained Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore. Rajat Patidar batted amazingly last season. This is the reason why RCB has not left Rajat Patidar. Yash Dayal’s name is also included in the list of retained players of RCB. Yash Dayal has been included as an uncapped player. RCB had to spend Rs 5 crore to retain him.
Foff not retained
The most surprising thing for RCB fans was the non-retention of Faf du Plessis. RCB has let Faf go in the auction. However Asaribi can use RTM for them. Apart from this, RCB has excluded big players like Will Jacques. Will Jacques performed brilliantly for RCB last season. Apart from this, Will Jacques had also scored a century last season. Talking about other big players, the names of Mohammad Siraj, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green are included in it.
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