Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025: Full list of retained and released players

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s list of retained and released players: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have retained Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore) and Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore) ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season’s mega auction. Virat Kohli has remained an RCB player since the inaugural edition in 2008. To date, Kohli has played 252 IPL matches and has scored 8004 runs, including 55 fifties and 10 centuries. Kohli is also the all-time leading run-getter in the IPL.

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Last season, RCB made a miraculous escape by defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 27 runs in Bengaluru to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs. This was after RCB lost their first six matches out of seven games. However, the Faf du Plessis-led side was beaten by Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Eliminator. Kohli ended up as the tournament’s highest run-getter in IPL 2024, with 741 runs from 14 matches.

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 RCB’s list of retained players: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore)

IPL 2025 mega auction purse remaining for RCB: Rs 83 crore.

RTM options left for mega auction: 3.

Surprise omissions for RCB: Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Cameron Green.

RCB’s list of released players: Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (Retired), Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Saurav Chauhan, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Rajan Kumar.

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Which players RCB retained before IPL 2022 mega auction?

Virat Kohli (Rs 15 crores) Glenn Maxwell (Rs 11 crores) and Mohammed Siraj (Rs 7 crores) were the players RCB had retained ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj do not feature in the retention list this time around. The Australian all-rounder scored just 52 runs from 10 matches in IPL 2024 and took only six wickets. Siraj, on the other hand, took 15 wickets from 14 matches but was ineffective at times.