Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) who had earlier allowed left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff to leave for the Mumbai Indians in a trade deal earlier, released four more players ahead of IPL 2023 mini-auction on December 23 in Kochi.
West Indian batting all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford was the only big name among the players released by the franchise.
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With RCB retaining their overseas core of Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood & Wanindu Hasaranga among others, the Bangalore-based franchise has only two overseas slots to fill during the IPL 2023 mini-auction.
Faf du Plessis-led side will go into the auction with a purse of Rs 8.75 crore.
Full list of players released and retained by RCB
Players Released: Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
Players traded: Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians
Purse left: Rs 8.75 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Players retained: Faf du Plessis (capt), 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.