RCB, or Royal Challengers Bangalore, is a franchise cricket team of IPL that represents Bengaluru, Karnataka. It was established in 2008 by the company United Spirits and is named after this company’s Liquor Brand Royal Challenge.
The complete list of RCB players with their country, Age Role and Auction Prize is mentioned below:
Player Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Role
|
Auction Price
|
Virat Kohli
|
India
|
34 years
|
Batter
|
INR 15 Crores
|
Suyash Prabhudessai
|
India
|
25 years
|
Batter
|
INR 30 Lakhs
|
Faf du Plessis(C)
|
South Africa
|
38 years
|
Batter
|
INR 7 Crores
|
Rajat Patidar
|
India
|
29 years
|
Batter
|
INR 20 Lakhs
|
Anuj Rawat (WK)
|
India
|
23 years
|
WK-Batter
|
INR 3.40 Crores
|
Finn Allen (WK)
|
New Zealand
|
23 years
|
WK-Batter
|
INR 80 Lakhs
|
Dinesh Karthik (WK)
|
India
|
37 years
|
WK-Batter
|
INR 5.50 Crores
|
Mohammed Siraj
|
India
|
28 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 7 Crores
|
Karn Sharma
|
India
|
35 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 50 Lakhs
|
Siddarth Kaul
|
India
|
32 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 75 Lakhs
|
Josh Hazlewood
|
Australia
|
31 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 7.75 Crores
|
Harshal Patel
|
India
|
32 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 10.75 Crores
|
Akash Deep
|
India
|
26 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 20 Lakhs
|
Glenn Maxwell
|
Australia
|
34 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 11 Crores
|
David Willey
|
England
|
32 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 2 Crores
|
Mahipal Lomror
|
India
|
23 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 95 Lakhs
|
Shahbaz Ahmed
|
India
|
28 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 2.40 Crores
|
Wanindu Hasaranga
|
Sri Lanka
|
25 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 10.75 Crores
|
Reece Topley
|
England
|
28 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 1.9 Crores
|
Himanshu Sharma
|
India
|
TBA
|
Bowler
|
INR 20 lakhs
|
Will Jacks
|
England
|
24 years
|
Batter
|
INR 3.2 Crores
|
Manoj Bhandage
|
India
|
24 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 20 Lakhs
|
Avinash Singh
|
India
|
24 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 60 Lakhs
|
Sonu Yadav
|
India
|
23 years
|
All-rounder
|
INR 20 Lakhs
|
Rajan Kumar
|
India
|
26 years
|
Bowler
|
INR 70 Lakhs
|
Royal Challengers Banglore 2023 Captain
The captain of this amazing team is Faf du Plessis for the year 2022. He took this captaincy after the famous and most handsome Indian cricketer, Virat kohli, left his place of being the captain of RCB team.
- Plessis is continuing to serve the team as a captain in the year 2023 also.
- He was a former South African Captain who was bought by RCB for 7 Crores in the IPL auction of 2023.
- He is regarded as the finest fielder of all times and he belongs to the list of the best all formats batsman of his time.
List of past Skippers of RCB team with their captaincy span:
Player
|
Span
|
Rahul Dravid
|
2008
|
Anil Kumble
|
2009-2010
|
Daniel Vettori
|
2011-2012
|
Virat Kohli
|
2013-2021
|
Faf Du Plessis
|
2022-2023
|
RCB retained Players in 2023
The Official list of retained players of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team of IPL is mentioned below, with the nationality and speciality of the cricketer along with his name mentioned in it.
PLAYER
|
NATIONALITY
|
TYPE
|
Faf du Plessis
|
South Africa
|
Batter
|
Finn Allen
|
New Zealand
|
WK-Batter
|
Rajat Patidar
|
India
|
Batter
|
Virat Kohli
|
India
|
Batter
|
Dinesh Karthik
|
India
|
WK-Batter
|
Glenn Maxwell
|
Australia
|
All-rounder
|
Harshal Patel
|
India
|
Bowler
|
Wanindu Hasaranga
|
Sri Lanka
|
All-rounder
|
Mohammed Siraj
|
India
|
Bowler
|
Josh Hazlewood
|
Australia
|
Bowler
|
Suyash S Prabhudessai
|
India
|
Batter
|
Anuj Rawat
|
India
|
WK-Batter
|
David Willey
|
England
|
All-rounder
|
Karn Sharma
|
India
|
Bowler
|
Mahipal Lomror
|
India
|
All-rounder
|
Siddarth Kaul
|
India
|
Bowler
|
Akashdeep
|
India
|
Bowler
|
Shahbaz Ahmad
|
India
|
All-rounder
|
Conclusion
IPL is ready to grab the attention of all cricket lovers and people can enjoy the league for the year 2023 from March 20th, 2023 onwards. The RCB(Royal Challengers Bangalore) have never won any of the IPL titles yet but they have finished as a runner-up’s position. RCB has shown an appreciable growth in the past few leagues and their fans are expecting them to win this year's title of IPL.