IPL 2023 RCB Auction Preview:
IPL 2023 RCB Auction Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore finished the last season after failing to qualify for the finals as they got eliminated in the playoff stages. They finished the group stages with 9 wins and five losses from 14 games and finished third in the points table ahead of KKR.
Players Released and Trades
Players Released ahead of the upcoming auction
Royal Challengers Bangalore released 4 players ahead of the mini-auction, and RCB released players like Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, and Sherfane Rutherford.
Players Traded
Jason Behrendorff was the only player who was traded to Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rupees 75 lakh.
RCB Current Squad
RCB still has a good number of players as they have 18 players as of now. The current Squad of RCB consists of Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Finn Allen, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep.
Overseas Players?
RCB have a total slot of 7 players out of which 2 can be Overseas players and 5 Indian players
Purse Remaining?
RCB have released a total of 4 players, so they have a much lesser budget of 8.75 Cr for the upcoming IPL mini-auction 2023.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Watchlist 2023
1. Sam Curran from England
The World Cup winner missed out last season with an injury and this time around with his current form and his talent, he is a sure must-pick option for RCB, the budget and the competition could make things difficult for RCB. Sam Curran’s base price is 2.0CR and RCB must be careful in the process of getting Sam Curran.
Sam Curran’s T20I Career
Mat: 8
Runs: 139
SR: 173.75
Avg: 17.38
Wickets: 5
B. Avg: 35.6
Best: Batting – 61 runs, Bowling – 2/16
2. Adam Zampa from Australia
with a base price of 1.5Cr is also an option which RCB are considering. His recent form could influence RCB to buy him. Bangalore already has Chahal as their main spinner but roping another spinner would help them go deep into the competition, but this time around they will look to change things and they can go for Adam Zampa and many teams will also be looking for him, so RCB must be careful.
Adam Zampa’s IPL Career
Mat: 14
Wickets: 21
BAvg: 17.62
Best: 6/19
3. Sikandar Raza from Zimbabwe
Sikandar Raza is a top-quality all-rounder and he will surely be on the radar of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the mini-auction. Bangalore is currently looking for an all-rounder and looking at the current market they are a good choice for the upcoming season and future seasons as well.
Sikandar Raza’s IPL Career:
Mat: 66
Runs: 1259
SR: 128.86
Batting Avg: 20.98
Wickets: 38
Bowling Avg: 7.18
Best: 4/8
