Royal Challengers Bangalore will preserve their hopes of a maiden IPL trophy intact with some added energy of their squad after the IPL public sale 2023. The facet, which has made a very good enchancment in its tempo assault of late, has bolstered it additional by including star England pacer Reece Topley. RCB had two average however respectable picks in England batter Will Jacks (Rs 3.2 crore) and lanky left-arm seamer Topley (1.90 crore), who had not too long ago troubled India in an ODI on the Lord’s. They did present curiosity in just a few gamers however with lack of purse could not go the space. They had entered the mini public sale with a remaining purse of 8.75 crore.

The bid made for Jacks was RCB’s costliest purchase in IPL public sale 2023, whereas Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage and Himanshu Sharma had been secured by the facet for 20 lakh every.

It is value noting that Virat Kohli had stepped down as RCB’s skipper with the conclusion of IPL 2021. However, he continues to remain part of the workforce. Under the management of latest captain Faf du Plessis, the facet reached the Qualifier 2 of IPL this 12 months the place they misplaced to Rajasthan Royals.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad:

Players purchased at IPL 2023 public sale – Sonu Yadav (INR 20 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (INR 20 lakh), Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore)

Players retained – Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep

(With PTI Inputs)

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