RCB have been part of three IPL finals but are yet to win the coveted trophy. With big players like Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis already in the squad, the franchise went to the IPL 2024 auction to rectify past mistakes, hoping to put together a title-winning squad. They released players like Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga ahead of the auction and went to the auction table with Rs 23.25 crore and 6 slots up for grabs.
They bought Alzarri Joseph to fill the spot vacated by Josh Hazelwood and also bought young Indian fast bowler Yash Dayal for Rs 5 crore.
RCB traded in Mayank Dagar from SRH and Cameron Green from Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL auction. Let's look at RCB's updated squad and players brought in IPL 2024 auction.
Players released by RCB ahead of IPL auction
Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell
Players retained by RCB ahead of IPL 2024 auction
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Players traded in RCB
Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green
Players bought by RCB in IPL 2024 auction
Alzarri Joseph - Rs 11.5 crore
Yash Dayal - Rs 5 crore
Tom Curran - Rs 1.5 crore
Lockie Ferguson - Rs 2 crore
Swapnil Singh - Rs 20 lakh
Saurav Chauhan - Rs 20 lakh
Remaining purse - INR 2.85 crore
RCB complete squad for IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green (Traded in from MI) Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded in from SRH), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh