- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have trimmed their squad ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction. The team has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal for the next season.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has trimmed its team ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction. The team has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal for the next season. The franchise has surprised everyone by releasing experienced players like Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Mohammad Siraj. Meanwhile, RCB has dug a hole for itself by barring a dangerous player from the team. Bangalore was able to make it to the playoffs only due to the match-winning performance of this player in IPL 2024.
RCB dug a hole for itself by releasing this dangerous player
Royal Challengers Bangalore have already spent 37 crores to retain Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore) and Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore). Now they will have 83 crores to buy in the IPL 2025 mega auction, so they will want to build a strong team by betting on dangerous players.
However, RCB has shot itself in the foot by releasing England’s young player Will Jacks. The 25-year-old batsman’s performance last season was amazing. With his explosive batting, he played an important role in taking the team to the playoffs.
Contributed in taking RCB to the playoffs
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s performance in IPL 2024 was disappointing. After winning a match against Punjab Kings, the team suffered six back to back defeats, after which it was considered out of the tournament. But in the group stage match against Gujarat Titans, he scored a brilliant century and led RCB to victory.
After this, RCB made a comeback in the tournament and won six consecutive matches to make it to the playoffs. In this match, he scored a quick 100 runs. In the absence of Will Jacks, Bangalore’s batting order looked weak in the eliminator match, due to which it had to face defeat.
He proved to be an important player for the team
It is worth noting that in IPL 2024, Will Jacks proved to be a trump card for Royal Challengers Bangalore, whose explosive batting made the team look great. He scored 230 runs in eight innings of eight matches of IPL 2024. After RCB released him, teams will be ready to spend money to buy him in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Therefore, now it will be interesting to see how much money he gets for IPL 2025.