IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be entering the upcoming season of the cash-rich league with a new head coach, Andy Flower alongside the technical director, Mo Bobat. They will be hoping to end their 16-year-long wait for the elusive trophy. The Bangalore-based franchise was active in the trade window and ended up making the most expensive IPL transfer of all time by roping in Cameron Green from the Mumbai Indians (MI).

The Royal Challengers also made some swaps as they gave away Shahbaz Ahmed and got Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad. Even after doing a lot of exchanges, they have a lot of work to do in the upcoming auction to prepare a strong team.

RCB IPL 2024 Squad Before Auction

Player

Price

Faf du Plessis

Rs. 7 crore

Virat Kohli

Rs. 15 crore

Rajat Patidar

Rs. 20 lakhs

Glenn Maxwell

Rs. 11 crore

Anuj Rawat

Rs 3.4 crore

Dinesh Karthik

Rs. 5.5 crore

Suyash Prabudessai

Rs. 30 lakhs

Will Jacks

Rs. 3.2 crore

Mahipal Lomror

Rs. 95 lakhs

Karn Sharma

Rs. 50 lakhs

Manoj Bhandage

Rs. 20 lakhs

Vyshak Vijaykumar

Rs. 20 lakhs

Akash Deep

Rs. 20 lakhs

Mohammed Siraj

Rs. 7 crore

Reece Topley

Rs. 1.9 crore

Himanshu Sharma

Rs. 20 lakhs

Rajan Kumar

Rs. 20 lakhs

Cameron Green (Trade From MI)

Rs. 17.5 Crore

Mayank Dagar (Trade From SRH)

Rs. 1.8 Crore

Currently, RCB have a total of 19 players in their squad (5 overseas) and it clearly states that they can acquire a maximum of six players at the auction. They have a total of Rs. 23.25 crore left. The Bangalore team released a set of bowlers ahead of the 2024 auction that included Josh Hazelwood, Harshal Patel, and Wanindu Hasaranga. Therefore, the Bangalore team under the leadership of Faf Du Plessis will look to bolster their bowling attack with fast bowlers at the top of their priority list, but they also need a front-line spinner.

RCB Potential Candidates

Mitchell Starc

Josh Hazlewood

Wanindu Hasaranga

Goerge Coetzee

Pat Cummins

Dilshan Madushanka

Dushmantha Chameera

Lockie Ferguson

Adil Rashid

Mujeeb-ur Rahman

Shahrukh Khan

Karun Nair

Manish Pandey

Kartik Tyagi

Chetan Sakariya

Harshal Patel

Shardul Thakur

Umesh Yadav