RCB Retained Players 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru is one of the eight teams to make their debut in the IPL 2008 season and also one of the few teams to remain trophyless to date.
- Virat Kohli is rumoured to return as the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the IPL 2025 season.
- Ahead of IPL 2025, RCB named Dinesh Karthik as new batting coach and Mentor.
RCB Retained Players 2025 with Released
BCCI planned to host the IPL 2025 mega auction on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia while teams announced their retained players list on 31 October 2024.
Though this year’s auction was planned to be hosted outside India, fans can still enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live streaming from their home.
According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
As a part of the process, RCB named Dinesh Karthik as new batting coach and Mentor. Apart from naming a new batting coach, RCB is rumoured to name a new scouting head for RCB replacing Malolan Rangarajan.
Following are the RCB released and retained Players list for the IPL 2025 season:
RCB Retained Players 2025
RCB Retained Players in IPL 2025: Royal challengers Bengaluru retained just three players ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Star batter Virat Kohli bagged the team’s highest salary cap. Following are the RCB Retained Players 2025 list with their price details:
| R. No | Player | Price |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | INR 21 Cr |
| 2 | Rajat Patidar | INR 11 Cr |
| 3 | Yash Dayal | INR 5 Cr |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have retained their star batter Virat Kohli as their first retention who scored a whopping 741 runs in the last season. Following are the details of the IPL 2025 RCB retained players’ stats of the last season.
- Virat Kohli | Runs – 741; Wickets – 00
- Rajat Patidar | Runs – 365; Wickets – 00
- Yash Dayal | Runs – 00; Wickets – 15
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RCB Released Players 2025
RCB Released Players 2025: Apart from the retained players, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will release the remaining players and might pick them later in the auction event. Following are the details of the RCB released players list.
- Faf du Plessis
- Saurav Chauhan
- Suyash Prabhudessai
- Dinesh Karthik(Retired)
- Mohammed Siraj
- Cameron Green
- Will Jacks
- Anuj Rawat
- Mahipal Lomror
- Glenn Maxwell
- Tom Curran
- Manoj Bhandage
- Reece Topley
- Akash Deep
- Vijaykumar Vyshak
- Lockie Ferguson
- Alzarri Joseph
- Rajan Kumar
- Swapnil Singh
- Karn Sharma
- Himanshu Sharma
- Mayank Dagar
CHECK: IPL 2025 RCB Squad Players List with New Signings in Auction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Owner, Home Venue
United Spirits owns the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore which has a ground capacity of 35000 is the home venue for RCB.[Which Is The Best Stand In Chinnaswamy Stadium? – Best View]
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IPL 2025 Auction Date
With the deadline for submitting the retention players list ending by October 31, BCCI planned to hold the IPL 2025 mega auctions on November 24 and 25.
IPL 2025 Auction Venue
The two-day event of the IPL 2025 mega auction will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
IPL 2025 Teams Purse Value
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, BCCI increases the purse value of each team by INR 20 crores over the existing purse value of about INR 100 crores.
The final purse value of the team will be decided right after they submit the retained and released players list for the event. Royal Challengers Bengaluru Purse Value Before Auction will be 83 Crore without announcing retention and releasing players list.
