The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction for the upcoming season of 2024 has been taking place in Dubai and it will be interesting to see how each of the teams finally shapes up. Here is what the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are up to in the auctions.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Before Auction
Current squad: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green (Traded in from MI) Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded in from SRH), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Players released: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Purse available: INR 23.25 crore
Player acquisition via trades: Mayank Dagar
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Total available slots: 6
During Auction
1. Alzarri Joseph
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Alzarri Joseph for 11.50 Crore. While there was a crazy fight between RCB and LSG, RCB had the last laugh for Alzarri Joseph as well.
2. Yash Dayal
Yash Dayal witnessed a bidding war between Titans and RCB. While he has had a good IPL career so far despite Rinku Singh’s memorable knock in a game, RCB bought him for 5 Crore.
3. Tom Curran
RCB bought Tom Curran for his base price of 1.5 crore.
Other players:
Lockie Ferguson ( 2 crores), Swapnil Singh (20 L), Saurav Chauhan (20 L)
