RCB IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Who leads Virat Kohli's franchise in IPL 2025?

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RCB IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have retained just three players Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidatrt and Yash Dayal ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auctions. The Bengaluru-based franchise have let go of their skipper Faf du Plessis along with a number of other key players like Glenn Maxwell, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj. After spending 21 crores on Virat, 11 crores on Patidar and 5 crores on Dayal, RCB are left with 83 crores to pick the rest of their squad.

The top priority for RCB will be to look for a skipper with Virat Kohli still not confirmed to lead the side. Meanwhile, with Dinesh Karthik retiring and joining the support staff, RCB would also look to get a wicketkeeper batter. RCB IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Speaking to ANI, du Plessis said, "You never know with auctions.

You never know what's going to happen, so everyone is excited to see what happens on November 24. I've got no idea what's going to happen, so I'll be looking."RCB IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Speaking to ANI, Mayank Agarwal said, "I think I am very excited. Having played IPL for so many years, I have the experience of playing for so many teams and having seen so many playing styles.

That is something I would love to bring out in coming seasons.""Playing for RCB would be lovely. Being a Bengaluru boy and having started my IPL journey with them, it would be great to be back. But I am a thorough professional, have played with a lot of teams.

So I am looking forward to playing with any team. But RCB would be nice,"RCB IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Out of registered 1574 players, the BCCI had initially shortlisted 574 names for the auction. However, on special request, three more names have been added - USA's Saurabh Netravalkar, England's Jofra