Rcb team

The IPL Auction 2023 is currently taking place in Kochi, where all the teams are currently bidding for their favourite stars. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who already have the likes of Virat Kohli and Wanindu Hasaranga in their side, have now added the likes of England pacer Reece Topley, among others to their star-studded side. Here is a look at the full list of players bought by them in the IPL auction 2023 and the full updated RCB player list. List of players released by Royal Challengers Bangalore Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford. RCB finished 3rd in IPL 2022 The IPL 2022 season had a thrilling finish following intense battles during the IPL Playoffs as Royal Challengers Bangalore were denied a chance to win the trophy by RR in the Qualifier 2. However, RCB’s performance became one of the highlights of the season, owing much to the success under the new skipper Faf du Plessis. Former skipper Virat Kohli also found himself in the headlines for his struggles with the bat before returning to form towards the end of the season. Alongside his on-field performance, Kohli was also a topic of debate on the internet for other reasons.

High on the popularity charts but with nothing to show for it in their trophy cabinet, Royal Challengers Bangalore have been runners-up three times. Bought for Rs 464 crore (about US$111.6 million), they were the second-most-expensive franchise in 2008. The team ownership changed hands from Vijay Mallya, chairman of United Breweries Limited, to Diageo India in 2015. Over the years, the franchise has spent big on some players at the auction - Yuvraj Singh (2014), Dinesh Karthik (2015) and Chris Morris (2020) - but they have seldom backed these big buys for a second season if they haven't impressed the first time. However, despite their fluctuating fortunes, the franchise continued to keep faith in Virat Kohli as captain, before he stepped down after the 2021 season. In 2023, his first season in charge, Faf du Plessis led RCB to a fourth-place finish. The highs Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble helped RCB rise from near rock bottom in 2008 to runners-up in 2009. Chris Gayle orchestrated a magic run in 2011, almost single-handedly taking them to the final. Similarly, in 2016, Kohli transformed what was shaping up to be a mid-table finish into a sensational late dash to the final by scoring a record number of runs. The lows In 2008, RCB's squad, heavy on Test veterans, found themselves chasing 223 in their first IPL game, and sent in Dravid and Wasim Jaffer, two doyens of red-ball cricket, to open. Midway through that season, their CEO, Charu Sharma, was sacked after a string of fa...