RCB Retained Players 2025, Retained List, Players List, Squad – Virat Kohli Captain, Faf du Plessis Dropped

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have finalized their retained players for IPL Auction 2025. BCCI has set a date of 31 October for all. teams Building the save lists ahead of the 2025 IPL Auction.

As per the new rules set by the BCCI for the IPL Auction 2025, all teams can have a total of 6 players in their squads. Each side can have a maximum of 5 capped members and a maximum of 2 uncapped members.

Also, the franchisee can spend a maximum of Rs. 75 million out of the 120 crore wallet in savings. Out of this, the price of unbound members has been fixed at Rs. 4 million. Also, teams can retain all of their players through direct retention prior to the auction or through Right to Match (RTM) during the auction.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru made it to the playoffs last season

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) put up an amazing show last season. After losing their first 7 of 8 games, they bounced back in the second half to make the playoffs. They thrashed Chennai Super Kings in a must-win match in the final encounter of the league stage to enter the playoffs in style.

Faf du Plessis & Co. won 7 games and lost 7 of 14 matches to finish 4th in the league stage to reach the playoffs. But RCB failed to reach the final again. They lost the Eliminator Game to Rajasthan Royals and ended as the 4th best team in the tournament.

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Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal were the best performers for RCB with bat and ball

Virat Kohli was the team’s top scorer with 741 runs in 15 matches and also won the purple cap. He hit 1 century and 5 half centuries at 61+ average and 154+ strike rate.

Faf du Plessis also supported him well, scoring 438 runs in 15 games at a strike rate of 161+. In the bowling department Yash Dayal and Muhammad Siraj He was the side’s leading wicket-taker with 15 scalps. The rest of the athletes could not cross 10 gates in total.

So RCB’s big success in the last season was due to Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis in the batting zone and Siraj and Dayal in the bowling zone. So they can make many changes in their squad in IPL Auction 2025. A whole new contingent could play in IPL 2025 under the guidance of Faf du Plessis.

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IPL Auction 2025: Below is Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Retention List and Retained Players List

According to Sports Tak, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are set to retain the following players in IPL retention 2025:

1. Virat Kohli

2. Rajat Patidar

3. Yash Dayal (Without Cover)