Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has always been one of the most followed teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite not winning the title in any of the past 12 seasons.
The IPL 2020 won’t be any different as the fans will be cheering for the Royal Challengers as they embark on the search for that elusive title.
Here are the key numbers for RCB after the IPL 2020 auction:
Squad Strength: 21
Overseas players: 8
Players bought in auction: 8 (Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande and Shahbaz Ahmad)
Purse remaining: Rs 6.4 crore
Full list of RCB players along with their salaries:
Player | Retained/bought | Price (Rs Cr) |
Virat Kohli | Retained | 17.00 |
AB de Villiers | Retained | 11.00 |
Chris Morris | Bought | 10.00 |
Yuzvendra Chahal | Retained | 6.00 |
Shivam Dube | Retained | 5.00 |
Aaron Finch | Bought | 4.40 |
Umesh Yadav | Retained | 4.20 |
Kane Richardson | Bought | 4.00 |
Washington Sundar | Retained | 3.20 |
Navdeep Saini | Retained | 3.00 |
Mohammed Siraj | Retained | 2.60 |
Dale Steyn | Bought | 2.00 |
Moeen Ali | Retained | 1.70 |
Parthiv Patel | Retained | 1.70 |
Pawan Negi | Retained | 1.00 |
Gurkeerat Mann Singh | Retained | 0.50 |
Isuru Udana | Bought | 0.50 |
Devdutt Padikkal | Retained | 0.20 |
Joshua Philippe | Bought | 0.20 |
Pavan Deshpande (uncapped) | Bought | 0.20 |
Shahbaz Ahmad (uncapped) | Bought | 0.20 |