Royal Challengers Bengaluru Full Squad For IPL 2026: For the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, a mini auction was held yesterday i.e. on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the auction with a purse of Rs 16 crore 40 lakh. Royal Challengers Bangalore had 8 slots vacant to buy in the IPL auction. That is, RCB had retained 17 of its players in the team through retention, which also includes a big name like Virat Kohli. RCB’s biggest purchase in this year’s auction was Venkatesh Iyer, who was released by Kolkata Knight Riders from their team before the auction.
RCB bought 8 players including 2 foreigners in the auction
In this mini auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore included fast bowling all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in their team for a price of Rs 7 crore, who was also the most expensive player of RCB in this auction. Apart from this, added Satvik Deswal, Jacob Duffy and Mangesh Yadav to his team. In the auction, RCB bought a total of 8 players including two foreigners. After the auction, there are a total of 25 players in the RCB squad including 8 foreigners. At the same time, Rs 2.5 crores are still left in RCB’s purse.
RCB’s full squad for IPL 2026
Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Batchelor, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer (7 crore), Mangesh Yadav (5.20 crore), Jacob Duffy. (2 crore), Jordan Cox (75 lakh), Satwik Deswal (30 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (30 lakh), Kanishk Chauhan (30 lakh) and Vihaan Malhotra (30 lakh).
Players included through RCB team trade
This time for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore has not included any player in its team through trading. At the same time, RCB has retained its core team for the 2025 season.
